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2014-09-09
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英语财经新闻:美元上将出现女性头像
Betsy Ross, Amelia Earhart, and Rosa Parks could all be contenders for appearing on US currency.
First, it helps to be a titan of American history, like former presidents George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson, or founding fathers Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton.
The current Secretary of the Treasury is responsible for selecting the lucky few featured on US bills, and though the bills have been frequently redesigned for security purposes, the famous faces on them have remained the same since 1929.
That's when a special treasury committee selected them due to their "permanent familiarity in the minds of the public", according to the US Department of the Treasury.
Thanks to one 19th Century upstart(暴发户), one also must be dead to appear on a bill.英语财经新闻-2/page]
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