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

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.

  • MaxHardwood@lemmy.caEnglish
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    10 months ago

    While they are legal tender they’re not circulating tender. That means only the Mint and Courts are obligated to accept them at face value. Anybody else has the option of accepting the coin as payment at whatever value both parties agree on, or not accepting it at all.