U.S. coins have featured a few women, such as Sacagawea and Susan B. Anthony. But Martha Washington is the only woman to appear as the main portrait on paper money. She’s on $1 silver certificates that were first printed in 1886, redesigned in 1891, and discontinued in 1957.
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