Amid Controversy, Alexander Hamilton Gets a Necktie

With Treasury Secretary Jack Lew planning to shrink Alexander Hamiltonโ€™s image on the $10 bill, opponents of the plan are making their feelings known in an interesting way.

With Treasury Secretary Jack Lew planning to shrink Alexander Hamiltonโ€™s image on the $10 bill, opponents of the plan are making their feelings known in an interesting way.

The Wall Street Journal reports Van Eck Global is producing a necktie with Hamiltonโ€™s image, and is planning to send them to about 200 โ€œprominent financiers who have come to Hamiltonโ€™s defense, including former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke.โ€ Van Eck has a history of creating central-bank-themed ties, the Journal reports.

Lew is planning to shrink Hamiltonโ€™s image on the bill, and have him share the bill with the image of a yet-to-be named woman.



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