<Li> 1992: Anti-counterfeiting features are added: microprinting around the portrait, and a plastic strip embedded in the paper . Even though the bills read Series 1990, the first bills were printed in April 1992 . </Li> <Li> September 24, 1998: Received a completely new appearance to further deter counterfeiting; the picture of the White House was changed to the north side view . A larger, off - center portrait of Jackson was used on front, and several anti-counterfeiting features were added, including color - shifting ink, microprinting, and a watermark . The plastic strip now reads "USA 20" and glows green under a black light . The bills were first printed in June 1998 . </Li> <Li> October 9, 2003: The current series of 20 dollar bills is released with light background shading in green and yellow, and no oval around Andrew Jackson's portrait (background images of eagles, etc. were also added to the front); the back is the same view of the White House, but without the oval around it . Ninety faint "20" s are scattered on the back in yellow as a "EURion constellation" to prevent photocopying . The first issue's series date is 2004 with Marin - Snow signatures . The bills were first printed in April 2003 . </Li> <P> In a campaign called "Women on 20s", selected voters were asked to choose three of 15 female candidates to have a portrait on the $20 bill . The goal was to have a woman on the $20 bill by 2020, the centennial of the 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote . Among the candidates on the petition were Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, and Wilma Mankiller, the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation . </P>

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