In 1973, the U.S. Postal Service issued a special 21¢ stamp with a portrait of Amadeo P. Giannini. If you haven't heard of Giannini, you've probably heard of the bank he founded: The Bank of America.

Born in 1870 in San Jose, California, Giannini was born to two Italian immigrants originally from Favale di Malvaro, a town near Genoa in Liguria. Perhaps because his father was shot trying to collect a 10 dollar debt, Giannini took an interest in banking after his graduation from Heald College in San Francisco. 

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