<Tr> <Th> Design </Th> <Td> U.S. Treasury </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Design date </Th> <Td> 2006 </Td> </Tr> <P> The United States ten - dollar bill ($10) is a denomination of U.S. currency . The obverse of the bill features the portrait of Alexander Hamilton, who served as the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury . The reverse features the U.S. Treasury Building . All $10 bills issued today are Federal Reserve Notes . </P> <P> As of December 2013, the average life of a $10 bill is 4.5 years, or about 54 months, before it is replaced due to wear . Ten - dollar bills are delivered by Federal Reserve Banks in yellow straps . </P>

Who's picture is on the ten dollar bill