The U.S. Mint on Thursday launched a set of cash for buy to commemorate the work of abolitionist and activist Harriet Tubman.
The company had introduced its preorder sale Wednesday in a information launch. The cash — a $5 gold, $1 silver and half-dollar clad — show portraits of Tubman at completely different factors in her life. Varying in value, they might be purchased individually or collectively in a three-coin proof set, which prices $836.25.
The Harriet Tubman Commemorative Coin Program “recognizes the bicentennial of Harriet Tubman’s birth and her lifework that spans beyond liberation,” in line with the Mint web site.
“Reflected in the unique designs of gold, silver, and half-dollar coins – this collection showcases significant periods in her pursuit of social justice and represents a different era of Harriet Tubman’s extraordinary life,” the positioning states.
Born into slavery within the early 1820s, Tubman ultimately escaped and performed a pivotal function in serving to rescue different African Americans by means of the underground railroad. She additionally aided within the recruitment of Black troopers for the Union Army in the course of the Civil War and served as a spy.
The Tubman cash have been within the works for years. In 2020, Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) proposed the concept with the introduction of the Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act.
“Harriet Tubman was a woman of incredible courage who remains a symbol of the strength and leadership in periods of overwhelming hardship,” he stated in a assertion on the time.
“As a crucial conductor in the underground railroad, she created a beacon of hope for slaves who fled from the undignified cruelty of human bondage. In wartime, she tended to the wounded who fought the just war for emancipation.”
After passing Congress, the laws was signed by President Joe Biden in August 2022.
Designs for the Tubman cash have been first launched in July. They are anticipated to start delivery early subsequent month, in line with the Mint.
Meanwhile, efforts to revamp the $20 invoice with a portrait of Tubman instead of President Andrew Jackson are on maintain due to technical delays. A brand new design for the invoice is about for 2030.
