1863 $20 Legal Tender note 1880 $20 Legal Tender depicting Alexander Hamilton Series 1905 $20 gold certificate
1861: A demand note with Lady Liberty holding a sword and shield on the front, and an abstract design on the back. The back is printed green.1862: A note that is very similar, the first $20 United States note. The back is different, with several small variations extant.1863: A gold certificate $20 note with an Eagle vignette on the face. The reverse has a $20 gold coin and various abstract elements. The back is orange.1865: A national bank note with "The Battle of Lexington" and of "Pocahontas" in black, and a green border.1869: A new United States note design with Alexander Hamilton on the left side of the front and Victory holding a shield and sword. The back design is green.1875: As above, except with a different reverse.1878: A silver certificate $20 note with a portrait of Stephen Decatur on the right side of the face. The back design is black.1882: A new gold certificate with a portrait of James Garfield on the right of the face. The back is orange and features an eagle.1882: A new national bank note. The front is similar, but the back is different and printed in brown.1886: A new silver certificate $20 note with Daniel Manning on the center of the face.1890: A treasury (coin) note with John Marshall on the left of the face. Two different backs exist: both with abstract designs.1902: A new national bank note. The front design features Hugh McCulloch, and the back has a vignette of an allegorical America.1905: A new gold certificate $20 note with George Washington on the center of the face. The back design is orange.Federal Reserve history[edit] 1914 $20 Federal Reserve Note. 1928 $20 small-size Federal Reserve Note. Series 1929 $20 National Currency note issued by the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank. Series 1995 $20 Federal Reserve Note. Series 1996 $20 Federal Reserve Note. The security strip in a twenty-dollar bill glows green under a blacklight.
Andrew Jackson first appeared on the $20 bill in 1928. Although 1928 coincides with the 100th anniversary of Jackson's election as president, it is not clear why the portrait on the bill was switched from Grover Cleveland to Jackson. (Cleveland's portrait was moved to the new $1000 bill the same year). According to the U.S. Treasury, "Treasury Department records do not reveal the reason that portraits of these particular statesmen were chosen in preference to those of other persons of equal importance and prominence."[5]
The placement of Jackson on the $20 bill may be a historical irony; as president, he vehemently opposed both the National Bank and paper money and made the goal of his administration the destruction of the National Bank.[6][7] In his farewell address to the nation, he cautioned the public about paper money.[8]
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