PhotoThe United States Mint will release a commemorative gold coin in April that will feature Lady Liberty as a black woman, marking the first time that the American symbol has been depicted as anything other than white on the nation’s currency. The coin, with a $100 face value, will commemorate the 225th anniversary of the Mint’s coin production, the Mint and the Treasury Department announced on Thursday. Future ones will show Lady Liberty as Asian, Hispanic and Indian “to reflect the cultural and ethnic diversity of the United States,” the Mint said in a statement. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyAnd Lady Liberty is among the most potent of American symbols. There will be 100,000 of them with the black Lady Liberty.

Source: New York Times January 13, 2017 16:27 UTC