We asked our audience, “if Boston had its own currency, who would be on our $100 bill?” With an astounding amount of feedback, over 350 responses, and counting, Bostonians had some expected (Tom Brady of course) and unconventional answers. Route 1 anyone?
So, if Boston did have its own currency, which some suggested should be properly titled “Dunkin’ Dollahs,” here’s who’d take the face of the $100 bill. Read to the end to find who had the most votes!
The suggested new faces of the $100 bill in Boston:
The $100 bill featured Benjamin Franklin’s portrait since 1914, a native Bostonian. But we had to do some very demure, very important research to determine who would take the place of Benjamin if Boston started fresh with it’s own currency. The people have spoken and here’s what they said:
- Still Benjamin Franklin.. because he’s already from Boston
- That grumpy guy on the commercial for Dunkin
- Susan B. Anthony
- Bill Russell
- Bobby Orr
- Larry Bird
- Tom Brady (Thomas Edward Patrick Brady)
- David Ortiz
- Dave McCarty
- Tim Wakefield
- Casey Affleck
- Paul Revere
- Ted Williams
- Donna Summer
- Red Auerbach
- The Route 1 Dino
- Lizzy Borden
- A baked bean
- A Dunkin’ employee from the drive through (real MVPs)
- Fred from Dunks
- Tip O’Neal
- Thomas Menino
- Ray Flynn
- John F. Kennedy
- John Quincy Adams
- Robert Frost
- Roast Beef Sandwich
- The tax collector…
- Ben Affleck
- Mike’s Roast Beef
- James Curley
- John Brown
- Brad Marchand
- A cup of Dunkin’
- Bill Belichick
- Millyz
- Adam Migdal of Robert’s Jewelry
- Matt Damon
- John Krasinski
- Sarah Bradlee Fulton—”Mother of the Boston Tea Party”
- Sybil Ludington—”16-year-old who rode 40 miles to warn local militia that British troops were on the move”
- Pat Badger
- A pothole
- Michael Bloomberg
- The Conductor, Arthur Fiedler
- Keytar Bear
- Elizabeth Warren
- Mariano Rivera
- Maria Stefanos
- Diane Wilkinson
- Carl “Yaz” Yastrzemski
- John Hancock
- Samuel Adams
- Ayanna Presley
- Kevin Garnet
- Mike’s Pastry
- A leprechaun…☘️
- Dropkick Murphys
- Joanna Noëlle Levesque aka JoJo
- Tommy, The Dog Mayor of Seaport
- The MBTA
- Jenny Slate
- Babe Ruth
- Bill Buckner
- Mike Eruzione
- Gronk
- Dave Portnoy
- Make Way for Ducklings 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆
- Leonard Nimoy
- Peter Griffin
- Laurie H. Glimcher
- Anthony Varela🇨🇻
- Patrice Bergeron
- Anne Everest Wojtkowski
- The goat in Franklin park zoo
- Kevin Hagan White
- Arthur T. Demoulas, CEO of Market Basket
- Edward Brooke
- Wally from the Sox
- A Dunkin’ donut
- Amani Al-Khatahtbeh
- Lucky from the Celtics
- Charlie Baker
- David Pastrňák
- A single cannoli…?
- Lobsta roll
- Isabella Gardner
- A tea bag
- Bobby Brown
- Ayo Edebiri
- Katey Stone
- Elin Hilderbrand
- Kathrine Switzer
- Julian Edelman
- Malcolm X
- Julia Child
- Louisa May Alcott
- Barbara Walters
- Abigail Adams
- In classic Bostonian humor, we had a few “me” nominations
The most popular answer from Bostonians was Thomas “Mumbles” Menino. The beloved five-term mayor’s impression made its mark and it showed in our audiences responses.