It ’s no longerall about the Hamiltons , baby . The U.S. Treasury islooking for a few good womento replace Alexander Hamilton on the front of the $ 10 flyer , which is up for a redesign that ’s potential to record circulation around 2020 . ( Hamilton fans may be encouraged by the fact that he ’s not conk out away — the forefather of the U.S. Treasury may seem elsewhere on the $ 10 bill , or on another piece of currency . )
The call for a distaff boldness on the $ 10 follows a growing movement to get a lady other than Lady Liberty on U.S. paper currentness . The popular online campaignWomen on 20scirculated an online prayer in 2015 to oust Andrew Jackson from the $ 20 and supersede him with abolitionist Harriet Tubman in time for the 100th anniversary of women ’s suffrage in America in 2020 . But the Treasury say the $ 10 bill was first in line for a redesign , a move planned back in 2013 .
Now that New - sidereal day Americans are likely to soon see a female face on their paper money , it seems like a historic second . But there have been many womanhood on currency , U.S. or otherwise , before it . Here are a few cleaning lady of ( bank)note who made history .
1. Fulvia Flacca Bambula
The calculating and politically shrewd third married woman of Mark Antony — shebasically run for thingswhen he was off gallivanting with Cleopatra ( a.k.a . solidify the Eastern part of the Roman Empire ) after Julius Caesar ’s assassination — is wide regarded as the first non - royal to appear on any kind of currency . Her facial expression was on aRoman coin in the 40s BC , depicted on it as a goddess of triumph for leading her husband ’s forces in a polite warfare in Rome against his challenger , Octavian . Also at the time , it was common to put likeness of rulers ’ family unit members on coin .
2. Cleopatra VII
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The fabled poof of Egypt is the first undeniable female ruler to appear on a coin . A bronzeEgyptian coin go steady back to 48 BCdepicts the ruler with her son and co - ruler , Ptolemy Caesar ( a.k.a . Caesarion ) . She also appeared on a silver coin from 32 BC with then - husband Mark Antony . One of those coinssurfaced in 2007 and kind of upended the universe — the coin depict the “ beautiful ” Cleopatra as more troll - like than historiographer and Hollywood had us think . That notwithstanding , Cleopatra unwittingly launched the course of cast female leaders — queens , President , choice ministers , and other political leaders — on currency .
3. Elizabeth I
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Henry VIII leave his daughters Mary I and Elizabeth I a jumpy economy when they inherit the commode in 1553 and 1558 , respectively . Thevalue of British coinwas in the toilet after the king ’s extravagance forced him to use fuzz to mint them . But the two poove dextrously ferment it around , with Mary fix gold honour standards and Elizabeth restoring silver and removing the sometime coin from circulation . And as you would expect from monarchs , they stamped the coin with their own faces — Mary occasionally with her husband , and Elizabeth by herself . Several other female monarchs followed suit as the sole human feature of speech on the coin , like Anne , Maria Theresa of Austria , and Catherine II of Russia .
4. Pocahontas
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The aboriginal American woman who forged a hamper with some of the earliest European settlers in Virginia in the seventeenth 100 was the first woman ever to be featured on U.S. currency . She was part of a tableau vivant on the$20 bank distinction in 1865(the bottom part of the figure of speech above ) .
5. Martha Washington
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America ’s first First Lady was the first woman to appear on the front of U.S. paper moneyin portrayal form . Her likeness graced the $ 1 silver certificate from 1886 to 1896 . She was throw to the back of the certificate in 1896 , canned entirely in 1899 , and was finally replaced by her hubby , George , whose shut mouth smirk remains on today ’s $ 1 bill .
6. Susan B. Anthony
The pioneer of American women ’s suffrage was the first woman to have her semblance imprint on a mobilise coin , in a series that ran from 1979 to 1981 . ( The first cleaning lady ever to grace a U.S. commemorating coin was Queen Isabella of Spain in 1893 for the Columbian Exposition . Who campaign for that ? Susan B. Anthony , of course . ) Today , there are two women on circulating coin — Helen Keller ’s likeness graces the back of the Alabama one-fourth ( issued in 2003 ) and Sacagawea headline the dollar coin ( issued in 1999 ) .
7. Queen Elizabeth II
QEII definitely wins the popularity contest in the up-to-dateness world . She adjudge theGuinness Book of World Records titlefor most currentness feature the same someone , appearing on currency in 35 different countries since she ascended the throne in 1953 . That includes the UK , Canada , New Zealand , Jamaica and Australia , among others . In fact , one can see heraging over the yearsjust by looking at the various bills with her face on them . Queen Victoria fall in a distant second place , seem on specie in 21 countries . King George V fall in third with his face on 19 .
BONUS: The Newest Members of the “Curren-She” Club
This sole ( unofficial ) club of women who have appeared on currency count appendage by the dozens , and already includes the like ( in more New time ) of Syria ’s Queen Zenobia , former Philippines President Corazon Aquino , Eva Peron of Argentina , Frida Kahlo of Mexico , and former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir . Recent addition to the golf club have been char who are known more for their contribution outside of the political orbit — the UK be after to addJane Austento the £ 10 note in 2017,Greta Garbo , Birgit Nilsson and Astrid Lindgrenare set to seem this year on the Swedish 100 krona , 500 Swedish krona , and 20 Swedish krona respectively , and Israel sum poet Rachel Bluwstein and Leah Goldberg to the 20 shekel preeminence and the 100 shekel note , respectively .
As for who will join this nightclub from the United States in 2020 , there are really onlytwo standard : the fair sex featured has to be pop off ( that ’s per custom dating back to the Revolution , and now federal police force ) , and she has to “ be iconic and have made a pregnant contribution to — or affect on — protect the freedoms on which our country was institute . ”
