New U.S $10 Bill Coming Soon - Polidicks

[url]http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/inside-the-ticker/coming-soon-the-new-face-of-the-dollar10-bill/ar-BBr8ZqX?ocid=spartanntp[/url] [quote]The new face of the $10 bill will be revealed soon. On Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew told reporters he is close to reaching a decision on who will be the first woman featured prominently on U.S. currency. The decision was supposed to have been made by the end of 2015. But after announcing the proposed change and asking for public input in June, Lew said his department has been overwhelmed by a flood of responses. "We've gotten millions of responses. We're getting close," Lew told PBS's Charlie Rose on Tuesday. [/quote] Kind of annoyed they didn't consider the 20, seeing as Jackson was a piece of shit.

[QUOTE=redBadger;50038050]Kind of annoyed they didn't consider the 20, seeing as Jackson was a piece of shit.[/QUOTE] [del]Discontinue Penny, put Lincoln on the Twenty?[/del] I forgot about the Five :downs:

IDK, I personally wish they would just leave them the same. The bills are iconic with the people they already have.

[QUOTE=sgman91;50038066]IDK, I personally wish they would just leave them the same. The bills are iconic with the people they already have.[/QUOTE] I don't mind new people, but I hope they don't change it to monopoly money. It's already gone from mostly green to grey with a greenish tint + some other colours. At most I'd consider coloured borders to make bills easier to pick out of a stack.

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;50038060]Discontinue Penny, put Lincoln on the Twenty?[/QUOTE] So who's going to be on the Five...?

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;50038060]Discontinue Penny, put Lincoln on the Twenty?[/QUOTE] Lincoln is already on the $5. :v: How about Reagan for the $20, the youngest face we have on a widely-used US currency is John F. Kennedy on the 50 cent coin and he ended up on the coin in less than a year after his assassination, 53 years ago.

[QUOTE=The Duke;50038106]Lincoln is already on the $5. :v: How about Reagan for the $20, the youngest face we have on a widely-used US currency is John F. Kennedy on the 50 cent coin.[/QUOTE] New presidents are too partisan in my opinion. Half the country is going to hate it no matter who get's picked.

[QUOTE=The Duke;50038106]How about Reagan for the $20[/QUOTE] This is a terrible idea

Changing any of the bills is a terrible idea, honestly.

[QUOTE=redBadger;50038050] Kind of annoyed they didn't consider the 20, seeing as Jackson was a piece of shit.[/QUOTE] Andrew Jackson a piece of shit? That fucker survived a bullet to the chest in a duel, and shoot his opponent dead! That's definitely worth being in a 20 dollar bill! In all honesty, I wouldn't really care if they did change the face on the 10 dollar bill (or any bill for that matter), I just hope this change won't be too sudden for everyone to be confused on and for cash forgers to take advantage of.

[QUOTE=sgman91;50038111]New presidents are too partisan in my opinion. Half the country is going to hate it no matter who get's picked.[/QUOTE] Reagan has been deceased for over a decade and hasn't been in office for nearly 30 years, but fair enough. How about Woodrow Wilson?

[QUOTE=sgman91;50038111]New presidents are too partisan in my opinion. Half the country is going to hate it no matter who get's picked.[/QUOTE] Could you imagine if they put Obama on the 20

[QUOTE=Cock Boner;50038119]Changing any of the bills is a terrible idea, honestly.[/QUOTE] They're just changing it to a woman because of New Age politics. "Look at how ~progressive~ and into feminism we are." It's one of the same reasons why there was such a big push for Clinton to run this election season for the presidency. "Well, we got a black man into office; a woman would make the party look even better." They sure do love their meaningless symbolic gestures.

[QUOTE=Duck M.;50038140]Could you imagine if they put Obama on the 20[/QUOTE] Put Bush on the $7 bill.

[QUOTE=PsycheClops;50038124]Andrew Jackson a piece of shit? That fucker survived a bullet to the chest in a duel, and shoot his opponent dead! That's definitely worth being in a 20 dollar bill! In all honesty, I wouldn't really care if they did change the face on the 10 dollar bill (or any bill for that matter), I just hope this change won't be too sudden for everyone to be confused on and for cash forgers to take advantage of.[/QUOTE] Ah yeah that's right lets just forget that whole "trail of tears" thing

[QUOTE=Govna;50038143]They're just changing it to a woman because of New Age politics. "Look at how ~progressive~ and into feminism we are." It's one of the same reasons why there was such a big push for Clinton to run this election season for the presidency. "Well, we got a black man into office; a woman would make the party look even better." They sure do love their meaningless symbolic gestures.[/QUOTE] I don't see anything wrong with it. It's not like it takes a lot of effort to change it.

It's not like the faces didn't change on the bills several times in the 1900s, either.

[QUOTE=wauterboi;50038159]I don't see anything wrong with it. It's not like it takes a lot of effort to change it.[/QUOTE] IMO there should be a pretty high burden of proof to change something iconic. Just changing it because "why not?" isn't good enough.

[QUOTE=sgman91;50038163]IMO there should be a pretty high burden of proof to change something iconic. Just changing it because "why not?" isn't good enough.[/QUOTE] Why? It's just a face on one bill. Nothing stays the same.

Can we get Nixon on some bills ??

[QUOTE=Levelog;50038171]Why? It's just a face on one bill. Nothing stays the same.[/QUOTE] Personally, I think preserving history has value. Looking at old buildings is cool, reading an old book is cool, etc. It's good to have a connection with the people of the past.

Should I be saving my $10 bills then? I'd think the monetary value wouldn't change but one day people might be looking for old fashioned bills.

[QUOTE=Duck M.;50038140]Could you imagine if they put Obama on the 20[/QUOTE] They're not allowed to put living people on currency. Not just presidents too, [I]any[/I] living person.

[QUOTE=sgman91;50038179]Personally, I think preserving history has value. Looking at old buildings is cool, reading an old book is cool, etc. It's good to have a connection with the people of the past.[/QUOTE] So every time you look at a $20 you think about how cool Jackson is and you couldn't imagine anyone else on it? It's not destroying history. It's changing a currently in production piece of currency.

[QUOTE=Cows Rule;50038183]Should I be saving my $10 bills then? I'd think the monetary value wouldn't change but one day people might be looking for old fashioned bills.[/QUOTE] I dunno, rarity comes from scarcity and demand. I don't think there's really an excess of either.

[QUOTE=Atlascore;50038170]Fuck that, put FDR on the $20 bill.[/QUOTE] it sure would be something to put on the $20 bill the face of a man who was in power at a time when nobody had a $20 bill

[QUOTE=Duck M.;50038146]Ah yeah that's right lets just forget that whole "trail of tears" thing[/QUOTE] Well the Indian Removal Policy was actually pushed by Jackson because he understood that they had no chance of coexisting alongside settlers and the modern industrialized United States government, and he didn't want to see them be wiped out. [quote]The consequences of a speedy removal will be important to the United States, to individual States, and to the Indians themselves. . . . It puts an end to all possible danger of collision between the authorities of the General and State governments on account of the Indians. It will place a dense and civilized population in large tracts of country now occupied by a few savage hunters. By opening the whole territory between Tennessee on the north and Louisiana on the south to the settlement of the whites it will incalculably strengthen the southwestern frontier and render the adjacent States strong enough to repel future invasions without remote aid. It will relieve the whole State of Mississippi and the western part of Alabama of Indian occupancy, and enable those States to advance rapidly in population, wealth and power. It will separate the Indians from immediate contact with settlements of whites; free them from the power of the States; enable them to pursue happiness in their own way and under their own rude institutions; will retard the progress of decay, which is lessening their numbers, and perhaps cause them gradually . . . to cast off their savage habits and become an interesting, civilized, and Christian community. . . .[/quote] He wasn't a genocidal maniac as some people try and portray him as being. He had a long and hard-won military career, prevented South Carolina from seceding during the Nullification Crisis (which might have caused the rest of the southern states to secede otherwise), fought for compensation from France for what they did to American sailors and vessels during the Napoleonic Wars, and he paid off our national debt and oversaw us go through an economic boom before the Panic of 1837 (which again, contrary to what is often claimed, was not squarely his fault so much as it was the irresponsibly speculation practices of private parties for land and for the railroads). Jackson actually deserves more credit than he gets for his service, and he definitely should be remembered.

[QUOTE=Levelog;50038190]So every time you look at a $20 you think about how cool Jackson is and you couldn't imagine anyone else on it? It's not destroying history. It's changing a currently in production piece of currency.[/QUOTE] I guess we just disagree. I think preserving things has inherent value that needs to be argued against when changing something. You don't. Fine.

Teddy Roosevelt is my top choice for president to be put on a bill. Good combo of popular, iconic face, huge legacy, and enough of a gap between his presidency to now.

[QUOTE=Cows Rule;50038183]Should I be saving my $10 bills then? I'd think the monetary value wouldn't change but one day people might be looking for old fashioned bills.[/QUOTE] Bill collecting and coin collecting doesn't go by age. They go by condition (mint condition being best) and by quantity in circulation (if you have the only 2016 $10 bill in 50 some years). For coins, it's easier but for bills it's not as worth an investment and probably won't be worth more than its face value long after the design has been changed. They're much easier to make fakes of (usually sold at gift stores in museums and such) and bill collecting just doesn't have the same notoriety as coin collecting. But despite all that, it would be a neat keepsake to show the grandchildren one day.