US Mint releases coins honoring Harriet Tubman
cnn.com
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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Three coins no one ever uses.
Shoulda been the 20.
When I was a kid, I treasured my JFK half-dollars. I was too scared to spend them on anything. :V
Biden restarted the process to get her on the 20.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/us/politics/tubman-20-dollar-bill.html
Unfortunately the process was stopped for a long time by Trump. And that delay pushed the date back even farther.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/30/business/harriet-tubman-20-dollar-bill.html
And goes without saying he could stop the process again if he somehow ends up back in office (or another republican).
Too much backlash from the right to do the $20 bill but it’s enough to satisfy the folks on the left.
The "backlash" you're referring to was that Trump scrapped it pretty much just because it was something Obama did. No one was upset about the new $20 bill until then.
It's enough to satisfy the center that they did something while keeping President Trail of Tears where they think he belongs.