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On Monday, when asked by Spectrum News, “Is Treasury still planning to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, “We are not at present.” He did not elaborate.
President Barack Obama’s treasury secretary, Jack Lew, announced the planned redesign in 2016 to honor Tubman, who is credited with conducting 13 missions on the Underground Railroad to free approximately 70 slaves. The initial plan was to have the new bill enter circulation in 2020.
President Donald Trump’s first administration delayed the redesign until at least 2026, citing the need to incorporate new anti-counterfeiting technology into the new twenty. When President Joe Biden took office in 2021, the White House press secretary said the Tubman bill was a priority; the date of planned debut, however, slipped again, to 2030.
FULL STORY HERE: Trump admin has abandoned plans for new Tubman $20 bill