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Liberty depicted as black woman on $100 gold coin
Associated Press ^ | Jan 13, 2017 8:44 AM EST

Posted on 01/13/2017 8:50:43 AM PST by Olog-hai

The U.S. Mint has unveiled a commemorative $100 gold coin that features an image of Liberty as a black woman.

The 2017 American Liberty 225th Anniversary Gold Coin shows the woman’s head in profile with a crown of stars. […]

The mint says it’s the first in a series of 24-karat gold that will also depict Liberty in designs representing Asian-Americans, Hispanic-Americans and Indian-Americans. …

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: anniversary; blacks; blackwoman; coins; currency; diversity; diversityshmiversity; gold; goldcoin; liberty; politicalcorrectness; usmint
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To: BipolarBob

“How much will this $100 coin cost?”

3/5 or $60.


41 posted on 01/13/2017 9:19:52 AM PST by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: Olog-hai

Liberty Lives Matter!


42 posted on 01/13/2017 9:22:39 AM PST by theBuckwheat
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To: Antoninus

I would prefer Bo Derek with cornrows.


43 posted on 01/13/2017 9:23:10 AM PST by Kickass Conservative ( Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
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To: Olog-hai

I’ll bet this really pisses off the LGBTQZTS and Muslim “communities”. It’s “rasis”.


44 posted on 01/13/2017 9:25:36 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (As long as tyranny exists, the Constitution and Bill of Right will never be "outdated" or "obsolete")
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To: Antoninus

Wow, greasy cornrows and all.


45 posted on 01/13/2017 9:27:07 AM PST by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed)
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To: theBuckwheat

Throughout history, Lady Liberty has never been depicted in this manner.

Progressives have been using race as a proxy for ideology, with people who are “white” (as compared to Caucasian) who are conservative and therefore evil, and with people who are not “white” (such as people who are “minorities” or “of-color”) are progressive and therefore virtuous, noble, and having good intentions.

So, this depiction of Lady Liberty depicts the Progressive Lady Liberty, a person who wants to impose socialism on the rest of us, and thereby enslave everyone.


46 posted on 01/13/2017 9:27:53 AM PST by theBuckwheat
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To: Antoninus

I have biracial grandchildren....would this be a nice investment for them?


47 posted on 01/13/2017 9:29:43 AM PST by cherry
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To: RummyChick
So uh...can Harriet Tubman be white on the new currency???

Congratulations .. YOU win the thread ! !

48 posted on 01/13/2017 9:32:51 AM PST by tomkat
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To: ctdonath2

“So how, sanely, does the Mint reconcile the extreme disparity between the intrinsic value being so much higher than the face value?”

Because since the end of the gold standard, the value of currency has nothing to do with intrinsic value. The components making up a $100 bill are worth cents. There’s nothing to say that the components can’t be more costly rather than less costly - except the more costly version will never be produced for general circulation.


49 posted on 01/13/2017 9:34:38 AM PST by PreciousLiberty (Make America Greater Than Ever!)
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How can you tell she is black if the coin is made out of gold?


50 posted on 01/13/2017 9:35:56 AM PST by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: Olog-hai

Why does the mint need to waste money designing new coins designs? We’re $20 trillion in debt.


51 posted on 01/13/2017 9:36:12 AM PST by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Antoninus
I have absolutely no problem with this.

I do. It's a bleepin' waste of my tax dollars. Stop the government waste.

52 posted on 01/13/2017 9:37:29 AM PST by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: ctdonath2
Could the President issue an EO directing the Mint to sell their coins at face value?

I had a similar idea. Given only to Blacks for slavery reparations.

53 posted on 01/13/2017 9:43:35 AM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: Olog-hai

Meanwhile blacks are flipping out about a white actor playing Michael Jackson.


54 posted on 01/13/2017 9:44:35 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: PapaBear3625

. . . while the “other side” does not exhibit equal and opposite indignity (and exhibits no immaturity) over a black actor playing Aaron Burr, even in regards to what said actor did to the vice-president-elect.


55 posted on 01/13/2017 9:52:02 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: bgill
I do. It's a bleepin' waste of my tax dollars. Stop the government waste.

I suspect the government makes money from collectors and investors with new coin designs. This is not meant for general circulation anyway as the price will be well over $1000 per coin, depending on the weight.
56 posted on 01/13/2017 9:52:55 AM PST by Antoninus ("The Western world has lost its civil courage, both as a whole and separately." -Solzhenitsyn)
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To: dsrtsage

Dreadlocks and African facial features. She’s a looker too, at least as much as is possible for a face stamped on a coin. :)


57 posted on 01/13/2017 9:56:36 AM PST by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Flag burners can go screw -- I'm mighty PROUD of that ragged old flag)
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To: TexasGator
Never seen that one. All mine look like this:


58 posted on 01/13/2017 10:02:24 AM PST by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory.)
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To: FatherofFive

Intrigued. Elaborate.


59 posted on 01/13/2017 10:02:49 AM PST by ctdonath2 ("If anyone will not listen to your words, shake the dust from your feet and leave them." - Jesus)
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To: Antoninus

Went to a huge coin show in Ft Lauderdale last weekend, picked up a roll of 40 Buffalo nickels for 10 bucks.

Was amazed at the variety and number of US coins that have been produced over the years.

This coin is OK, will be illustrative of a period where we had a communist black President who made everything about race.


60 posted on 01/13/2017 10:04:06 AM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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