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.
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.
Trump is an accurate reflection of conservative ideology. He stopped it because conservatives didn’t want it.
It’s enough to satisfy the center that they did something while keeping President Trail of Tears where they think he belongs.
The silver lining is that Jackson hated paper money and thought we should only use coins. Now he’s on one of the most used paper notes in the country while better people are being put on gold and silver coins.
But still, fuck him.