Who was the first woman to appear on the FACE of U.S. Currency?
In the 1886, Martha Washington, the USA's first first lady, was featured on the face of the $1 silver certificate — a common form of U.S. currency then, backed the precious metal silver.
Pocahontas was featured on a $20 note issued in the mid-1800s, but she wasn't portrayed in portrait style like Martha Washington's silver certificate and she was on the back of the note.
Harriet Tubman will be the third woman to appear on U.S. currency.
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✨KRISTA✨
Although she wasn't the first on US currency, it's worth a mention that Lucy Pickens "Queen of the South" appeared on $100.00 Confederate currency in 1862.💸💰💸
Cheryl Love
Shelley Welch Dunivan, “currency is a standardization of money in any form, in use or circulation as a medium of exchange, for example banknotes and coins”.
Tom Knox
Phoebe Figalily, great history lesson!
Jas Newman
Chuck Topping, Perhaps due to the popular culture phenomenon of the play Hamilton. Removing his from the twenty was suddenly not PC.
Howard Groopman
Anne Tisdell, Currency is considered paper money, not coinage.
Richard Ruffner
Chuck Topping, its not out yet
Lawanta
Thank you for including the picture, Ron Barlow. I've seen the $1silver certificates before, but not the Martha Washington version 😃
Vance Duncan
Phoebe Figalily, hence “trivia” 😎
Shelley Welch Dunivan
Coin is not currency. Coin is produced by the US mint, currency the bureau of engraving and printing!
Dennis Lane
I always wondered why, since the bill is green on both sides, they are called "greenbacks." This picture makes it pretty clear!
Ramrod
Going to do some research on this bill to see where it might be now
Corey Taylor
Did you forget Sacajawea on the gold dollar!?
George Oliver Prince
Who knew
Mark Johnson
Dirk 1885 is before 1868, when you count backwards.
Publicola
Dirk A Schnarr, The question asks who first appeared on the FACE. The back is not the face, the front is the face.