British coins feature Athena.
American bullion coins Liberty.
And she looks pensive. Not angry.
The oddest Liberty is the one on Peace Dollars. Looks like she’s gasping for air.
That's Britannia, not Athena.
Yes, she does look thoughtful. I like to imagine this is how American hero Harriet Tubman looked in her younger days.
Yes, Peace dollar lady does look a little surprised, like a perch pulled out of the water.
I believe that may be an art deco expression, like the Greek archaic smile. Like the Arrow collar man always looked backed up.
La’Brit’tania: `sup girl? You mad?
The Black Athena dig is aimed at the crowd that believes the Greeks done robbed the black Africans blind, took all their high tech, maths, building science, etc, etc, etc, and added insult to injury by stealing the goddess Athena.
The bas relief image on the coin is nobody’s Athena, the goddess of wisdom, craft, and war in ancient Greek religion and mythology.