“It is my responsibility now to focus on what is the issue of counterfeiting and the security features,” Mr. Mnuchin said. Tubman was born into slavery, escaped and then returned to the South, where she led other slaves to freedom. In 2017, speculation began that Mr. Trump might scrap Mr. Lew’s plan for the $20 bill when mentions of it were scrubbed from the Treasury Department’s website during a redesign. Then, that August, Mr. Mnuchin made clear that Tubman’s future on the bill was in doubt. The legislation, if passed, would direct the department to place the likeness of Tubman on $20 Federal Reserve notes printed after Dec. 31, 2020.

Source: New York Times May 22, 2019 20:16 UTC