The Original face on the $1 Bill

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Ricky Hernandez

Did you know that George Washington was not the first face on the US one dollar bill? Salmon P Chase was on the first issued one dollar bill in 1862. He was the Secretary of the Treasury at the time of the printing. The portrait was later changed to George Washington in 1869.