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U.S. law allows only portraits of deceased people on currency
AI-generated symbolic portrait-like silhouette on a generic banknote, representing the deceased-person rule for U.S. currency. It is not an actual note or person. Generated with OpenAI image generation; no external source or reuse license applies.
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U.S. law says only the portrait of a deceased person may appear on U.S. currency and securities, and the person’s name must be inscribed below it. That is why familiar U.S. banknotes depict historical figures who have died.
