Ser Scot A Ellison Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 I'd have resurrected my old thread but it is now "archived". It appears the Treasury has changed their mind on changing the figurehead on the $10.00 bill. The Old Possum is to be replaced instead: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2016/0419/It-looks-like-Hamilton-saved-the-10-bill-but-at-what-cost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologdin Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 so ayn rand for the $20, then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Good. It always should've been Jackson that got the boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 Sologdin, Absolutely not. Chairman Mao's fourth wife Jiang Quig is the only possible replacement for the Old Possum. Sure she didn't live in the US and wasn't a citizen but why let that get in the way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Here's hoping they speed the process up a bit. And I'm glad the Ten is staying. I like the orange color...Update the damn One while you're at it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywin et al. Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 DItto Fez. So who is the best candidate to replace Jackson? Tubman seems like the most obvious choice to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 2 minutes ago, Tywin et al. said: DItto Fez. So who is the best candidate to replace Jackson? Tubman seems like the most obvious choice to me. Tywin, I like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeping Sore Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 We are getting Hispanic Hamilton on the ten, though, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywin et al. Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 4 minutes ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: Tywin, I like that. The only other obvious answers are probably Rosa Parks and Eleanor Roosevelt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 I could see it being Sacagawea. I'm not saying she'd be the best option, but it would keep up the tradition of having most of our paper money faces also be coin money faces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 21 minutes ago, Jaxom 1974 said: Here's hoping they speed the process up a bit. And I'm glad the Ten is staying. I like the orange color...Update the damn One while you're at it! I assume by "update" you mean "abolish"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altherion Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 That makes a lot more sense. Jackson never liked central banks or paper currency so it's weird to have his face on Federal Reserve notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 23 minutes ago, Altherion said: That makes a lot more sense. Jackson never liked central banks or paper currency so it's weird to have his face on Federal Reserve notes. It's literally the only justification for keeping Jackson on the notes - the knowledge that the bastard would be rolling in his grave at the thought of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 1 hour ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: Sologdin, Absolutely not. Chairman Mao's fourth wife Jiang Quig is the only possible replacement for the Old Possum. Sure she didn't live in the US and wasn't a citizen but why let that get in the way? Even better. Preempt the Canucks and put Laura Secord on the 20 dollar bill. Or her cow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 I like the Laura Secord idea. Make Trump's head explode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywin et al. Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 1 hour ago, Fez said: I could see it being Sacagawea. I'm not saying she'd be the best option, but it would keep up the tradition of having most of our paper money faces also be coin money faces. That's not a bad choice, but it's not the best choice either. Although it would be symbolic replacing a racist murdering a-hole with a Native American. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 2 hours ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: I like the Laura Secord idea. Make Trump's head explode. My work here is done. I made Scot giggle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli Fury Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 If they didn't have to be dead I'd say the best choice is Sandra Day O'Connor. Susan B. Anthony is another decent choice. If it were up to me to put a woman on it I'd pick Joan Jett, though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologdin Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 no need for portraits of actual persons, as though there weren't enough lionizing of slaveowners and other losers already. singling out anyone for individual recognition is kinda silly, and it is somewhat a dubious distinction to have one's face assimilated to an imperial currency; i'm not sure that feminists and abolitionists should celebrate it. if currency needs to be gendered, however, the mint can by contrast pop some generalized external genitalia on the obverse and reverse, alternating with each note and coin so that the external genitalia so facilely gendered male aren't always on the front, say. probably would further need to make the genital images distinct on different denominations, so as to forestall the european criticism that the US notes lack color-coding and are therefore confusing. maybe an extra big cock on the $20, to replace jackson. a well-manicured vulvar image (shouldn't the term be vulvacured, incidentally?) on the $100. and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring Bass Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Frances Perkins. Most important women in US politics in the 20th century in terms of impact, played a massive role in setting up and defining the New Deal, life-long social activist, first female Cabinet member in US history. And of course there's extra pleasure from knowing that Andrew Jackson would have loathed the reforms that Perkins pushed for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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