In April 2016, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced that the Andrew Jackson portrait on the $20 bill would be replaced by one of Harriet Tubman, an American abolitionist and social activist instrumental during the abolition of slavery in America.
However, this streak is bound to be broken in the near future. The portrait on the obverse of the 20 dollar bill, one of President Andrew Jackson, has appeared on all iterations of the note since the 1928 series. Like all other, currently active United States notes, the $20 bill has maintained a similar design profile for quite a while. However, for currency collectors, the existing 20-dollar bills are soon to have some added significance yet. There are no surprises here, as a 20 is just the right size to cover many of our small, recurrent purchases. The 20-dollar bill is a staple of the United States currency circulation, second only in popularity to the one-dollar bill.
