In light of the massive redesign of American currency recently announced by the Treasury Department, we ask that action be taken to not only honor a great American but also save a much maligned piece of the American currency landscape.
Placing Theodore Roosevelt on the $2 bill is in his spirit in that it is fair (Jefferson already has the nickel!). It's an economic home run as the bills would instantly become a souvenir every American would want, 300 million Americans with at least 600 million dollars saved at home, think of the seigniorage!
Portraits of wildlife would make a good choice for the reverse given Teddy's legendary encounter with a bear cub (the incident giving rise to "Teddy Bears") and his forward thinking environmental policy protecting national monuments in the west,