To this day, Lincoln remains the most popular president on currency, with both the Lincoln Cent and ... February 12th marks 206 years since Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Kentucky.

The change, which will happen in 2020, is notable not just because a woman will be on paper currency but also because the faces of U.S. money have been relatively stable.

When Abraham Lincoln was on the 1860 campaign trail, ... Paper currency was rendered worthless and the bank announced it would only accept gold or silver—currency that the average citizen didn ...