For the First Time, Lady Liberty Depicted as a Woman of Color on U.S. Currency
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[QUOTE]For the first time in American history, Lady Liberty will be portrayed as a woman of color on United States currency.
In celebration of the U.S. Mint and Treasury's 225th anniversary, the new $100 coin was unveiled on Thursday featuring Lady Liberty as a black woman.
Since the passage of the Coinage Act in 1792, all coins are required to feature an "impression emblematic of liberty," in either words or images. Until the new coin designed by Justin Kunz was unveiled, Lady Liberty had always been depicted as a white woman.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Future depictions of Lady Liberty, according to the Mint, will also feature designs to represent Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, Indian Americans, and others "to reflect the cultural and ethnic diversity of the United States."[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/amp/first-time-lady-liberty-will-be-depicted-woman-color-u-n706391[/url]
Cool stuff imo
This is so disrespectful, how could they just change a Turquoise American like this
Finally.
Now young black children can realistically dream of growing up to be a statue. Tackling the important matters.
That's a really cool design; she looks cute.
I now realised I am attracted to an image of a statue.
EDIT: wait this is on the $100 coin... they have a $100 coin?
[QUOTE=evilweazel;51666160]Finally.
Now young black children can realistically dream of growing up to be a statue. Tackling the important matters.[/QUOTE]
What matters should the US mint be tackling then
what the fuck is a $100 coin and what uses does it have outside of "haha hey we're the U.S. Mint, check out what we've been up to"
that's nice
there's going to be a reactionary shitshow but no one will care in a few days
I was like how do you depict someone as black on a coin without going like super stereotypical. Then I opened the link. :palm2face.jpg:
[QUOTE=FFStudios;51666174]what the fuck is a $100 coin and what uses does it have outside of "haha hey we're the U.S. Mint, check out what we've been up to"[/QUOTE]
Collecting and investing
[url]https://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/index784d.html?action=american_eagles[/url]
[QUOTE]Since their launch in 1986, gold, platinum and silver American Eagles have become leading bullion coin investment products.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=KillRay;51666170]What matters should the US mint be tackling then[/QUOTE]
Printing more money to fix the national debt, for a start! Maybe a trillion-doller coin. Just a handful of those would help a whole lot.
As far as a picture of a face on a coin goes that's a pretty cool one.
It's just a shitty collector coin, which is a shame. I was hoping it'd be on circulation currency. Still, it's a nice design.
[QUOTE=evilweazel;51666160]Tackling the important matters.[/QUOTE]
[quote]The Mint's functions include:
Producing domestic, bullion and foreign coins;
Manufacturing and selling national commemorative medals;
Designing and producing the congressional gold medals;
Designing, producing, and marketing special coinage;
Safeguarding and controlling the movement of bullion;
Disbursing gold and silver for authorized purposes;
Distributing coins from the various mints to Federal Reserve Banks.[/quote]
Damn, fuck the mint for not curing cancer/actually SOLVING racism and wasting time putting blacks on coins instead.
Buncha layabouts.
Designers and foundry workers in particular are wasting their potential, were it not for the squandering of their potential we'd be in a space utopia by now.
[QUOTE=01271;51666251]Damn, fuck the mint for not curing cancer/actually SOLVING racism and wasting time putting blacks on coins instead.
Buncha layabouts.[/QUOTE]
...and putting the effort/money invovled in designing and producing this towards any of those functions would have had more of an impact on the country than changing the face on a rare coin to.... fight oppression, I guess?
There will be people who complain about this.
I don't know how I feel about this. On one side that's cool but on the other, braids? Really? Does this really help? Putting a stereotype on a coin that is.
[QUOTE=evilweazel;51666260]...and putting the effort/money invovled in designing and producing this towards any of those functions would have had more of an impact on the country than changing the face on a rare coin to.... fight oppression, I guess?[/QUOTE]
Read the article.
[QUOTE]"As we as a nation continue to evolve, so does liberty's representation," said Elisa Basnight, U.S. Mint chief of staff, at a ceremony unveiling the new coin. "We live in a nation that affords us the opportunity to dream big and try to accomplish the seemingly impossible."
Future depictions of Lady Liberty, according to the Mint, will also feature designs to represent Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, Indian Americans, and others "to reflect the cultural and ethnic diversity of the United States."[/QUOTE]
Its about representing America's values and people. Nothing about oppression.
The US Mint offers 21 different gold coins of various value. They include first ladies, native Americans, white lady liberty's, and even the God Mercury. A black woman shouldn't be a big deal.
Cool and all.
But whenever I hear Lady Liberty I think of the big greenie in New York.
[QUOTE=OvB;51666276]There will be people who complain about this.[/QUOTE]
There are people who will complain about anything
[QUOTE=rndgenerator;51666283]I don't know how I feel about this. On one side that's cool but on the other, braids? Really? Does this really help? Putting a stereotype on a coin that is.[/QUOTE]
How is natural black hair in a common African-American hairstyle a "stereotype"?
I don't think Lady Liberty should be [I]one[/I] race. She should be some sort of amalgamation of all the different races that make up America.
Kinda dumb but the design is cool.
[quote]Future depictions of Lady Liberty, according to the Mint, will also feature designs to represent Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, Indian Americans, and others[/quote]
They're going to look beautiful in my vault next to my collection of all 50 state quarters.
[QUOTE=rndgenerator;51666283]I don't know how I feel about this. On one side that's cool but on the other, braids? Really? Does this really help? Putting a stereotype on a coin that is.[/QUOTE]
Braids are one of many black hair styles, what's the problem here??
[QUOTE=IKTM;51666385]I don't think Lady Liberty should be [I]one[/I] race. She should be some sort of amalgamation of all the different races that make up America.[/QUOTE]
Which is exactly what they're doing here.
[QUOTE=IKTM;51666385]I don't think Lady Liberty should be [I]one[/I] race. She should be some sort of amalgamation of all the different races that make up America.[/QUOTE]
I think that'd be kind of hard to represent on a coin to be honest. It might always looks like it leans one way or is just hard to judge all together. I think the cycle idea that's being implemented is much better
This isn't a bad thing it's just not of any real consequence so... meh?
[QUOTE=KillRay;51666323]Read the article.
Its about representing America's values and people. Nothing about oppression.[/QUOTE]
Representation. On the most important medium of all- rare coinage.
Seems kind of pointless, is all. Money spent designing it (which I'm almost positive costed more than it should) could have been put to use somewhere better, in my opinion.
[QUOTE=IKTM;51666385]I don't think Lady Liberty should be [I]one[/I] race. She should be some sort of amalgamation of all the different races that make up America.[/QUOTE]
I think this approach is cool, with them planning to do different versions. Lady Liberty doesn't really have that defined of a look so having alternate depictions is an interesting take.
Like Galactus, sort of.
[t]http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/3/37/Galactuspov.PNG/revision/latest?cb=20060706135436[/t]
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