I was meeting with someone at work recently, a very interesting and smart person who I respect tremendously.
Somehow we got on the subject of history, and she asked something to this effect: "Can you name the two people who appear on U.S. paper currency who were never President?"
Being a history buff, I thought for a moment and quickly came up with two that I was relatively sure were correct.
Sadly, she said I was wrong and then gave her answer.
BUT HOLD THE PRESS!
Upon my return home, I looked it up, and there are in fact three non-presidents who appear on U.S. currency. I missed the third one below. Before you look at the pictures, can you come up with all three?
If so, you need to say so in the comments, because I would be really impressed with you. No cheating!
Here they are:
The $10 is Alexander Hamilton. That's the one I came up with and she was adamant that Hamilton did not appear on any currency. I also came up with Franklin on the $100. I could not, however, come up with Salmon P. Chase on the $10,000 bill. Chase was the Secretary of the Treasury for Pres. Lincoln and later the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
3 comments:
I only came up with the easy one - Benjamin Franklin. I wish I was familiar enough with 10,000 dollar bills to know the last one!
When I read "currency" I considered all the United States money, both paper and precious metal. As far as coins go, I know that both Susan B. Anthony and Sacagawea are both featured. Do we still make the 10,000 bill?
Apparently there are still several $10,000 bills in circulation, but mostly between banks and such. Incidentally it is not the largest denomination ever...when the U.S. went off the gold standard, they had a $100,000 bill for a while.
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