US Mint releases coins honoring Harriet Tubman

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The US Mint released commemorative coins honoring abolitionist Harriet Tubman Thursday.

The coins include $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins and half-dollar coins that commemorate the bicentennial of her birth. This is the first time the US Mint has honored Tubman with coins, according to the agency.

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Neat, now quit printing dollar bills so folks will actually use them instead of just collecting them.

These aren't the coins that could replace dollar bills, but I would love to see $1 and $5 bills replaced with coins, along with a phase-out of pennies and nickels. Coins are supposed to be money, not trash.

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