The choice to place Tubman on the face of the $20 bill makes sense in part because two states can claim the iconic figure and she has a regional appeal in the Mid-Atlantic region, said UC Irvine anthropology professor Bill Maurer, who recently authored How Would You Like to Pay? How Technology Is Changing the Future of Money.

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