In 2015, the multi-agency Advanced Counterfeit Deterrence Steering Committee (ACD) developed a schedule for the next generation of US bills, known as Catalyst, which will contain new security and anti-counterfeiting features as well as increased accessibility for the blind and visually impaired. Removal of Hamilton was controversial. Many believed that Hamilton, as the first Secretary of the Treasury, should remain on U.S. Currency in some form, all the while thinking that U.S. Currency was long overdue to feature a female historical figure – names that had been raised included
Eleanor Roosevelt,
Harriet Tubman, and
Susan B. Anthony. This led to the Treasury Department stating that Hamilton would remain on the bill in some way. The $10 bill was chosen because it was scheduled for a regular security redesign, a years-long process. The redesigned ten-dollar bill was to be the first U.S. note to incorporate tactile features to assist those with visual disabilities. On April 20, 2016, it was announced that Alexander Hamilton would remain the primary face on the $10 bill, due in part to the sudden popularity of the first Treasury Secretary after the success of the 2015 Broadway musical
Hamilton. It was simultaneously announced that Harriet Tubman's likeness would appear on the
$20 bill while
Andrew Jackson would now appear on the reverse with the
White House. The 2016 design for the reverse of the new $10 bill was set to feature the heroines of the
Women's Suffrage Movement in the United States, including Susan B. Anthony,
Alice Paul,
Sojourner Truth,
Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
Lucretia Mott, and the participants of the 1913
Woman Suffrage Procession who marched in Washington, D.C., in favor of full voting rights for American women. In August 2017, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) began development of the Catalyst $10 and $50 bills. The new bills will include "raised tactile features" for the blind and visually impaired which will be applied as part of the
intaglio printing process. Due to the development of the bill's security features, the designs of the new bills will likely be released 6 months before each bill is issued. == See also ==