2024 Harriet Tubman Commemorative Five Dollar Gold
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About This Coin
The 2024 Harriet Tubman Commemorative Five Dollar Gold is a United States commemorative dollar. The gold coin in the Harriet Tubman program, this $5 piece depicts Tubman as an elder stateswoman who continued her activism well into old age. After the Civil War, she supported women's suffrage and established a home for elderly African Americans in Auburn, New York. The obverse features a portrait of Harriet Tubman from her later years, looking confidently into the distance, while the reverse displays one individual's arms firmly grasping the arm of another, representing Tubman's helping hands. Designed by Chris Costello and Joseph Menna (obverse), Benjamin Sowards and Eric David Custer (reverse). Struck in 90% gold 6% silver 4, weighing 8.36 grams, 21.6 mm in diameter, with a reeded edge. The Tubman $5 gold honors the full arc of Tubman's life of service, from freedom seeker to soldier to elder advocate.
