United States twenty-dollar bill
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Value | $20 |
| Width | 156 mm |
| Height | 66.3 mm |
| Weight | c. 1.0 g |
| Security features | Security fibers, watermark, security thread, color shifting ink, micro printing, raised printing, EURion constellation |
| Material used | 75% cotton 25% linen |
| Years of printing | 1861–present |
| Obverse | |
| Design | Andrew Jackson |
| Design date | 2003 |
| Reverse | |
| Design | White House |
| Design date | 2003 |
The United States twenty-dollar note (US$20), also referred to as the United States twenty-dollar bill, is a denomination of U.S. currency. A portrait of Andrew Jackson, the seventh U.S. president (1829–1837), has been featured on the obverse of the note since 1928; the White House is featured on the reverse. Jackson's portrait on the twenty-dollar note has been noted as ironic, given his well-known opposition to the Second Bank of the United States and his broader resistance to central banking. In Jackson's mercantile heyday on the southwestern frontier, "money was scarce, and the interchange of goods was difficult and hazardous. Barter was still commonly employed in conducting commercial transactions." Lacking a common coin, "Land speculators, merchants, self-made lawyers—all dealt in slaves. Indeed they used slaves almost as currency." Enslaved people were embodied wealth in Jackson's world, the "chief security, the most salable and the major part of all agricultural property."
As of December 2018, the average life of a $20 note in circulation is 7.8 years before it is replaced due to wear. Twenty-dollar notes are delivered by Federal Reserve Banks in violet straps.