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The USAU.S. Mint and Treasury is making history with its 2017 American Liberty High Relief Gold Coin.
In honor of the Treasury's 225th anniversary, it unveiled a new gold coin that portrays Lady Liberty as a woman of color for the first time ever.
SEE ALSO: Now you can wear India's new currency notes printed on your sariAt a press conference held on Thursday in the Department of Treasury's Cash Room, members of the Treasury unveiled the revolutionary coin, with the theme: "remembering our past and embracing our future."
The beautiful gold coin, which portrays Liberty as a black woman wearing a crown of stars, was described as a "departure from previous classic designs."
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At the unveiling ceremony, Treasury Deputy Secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin, said that when she first saw the coin's design by Justin Kunz, it took her breath away.
"As we as a nation continue to evolve, so does liberty's representation," said Elisa Basnight, U.S. Mint chief of staff, "We live in a nation that affords us the opportunity to dream big and try to accomplish the seemingly impossible."
While a coin representing cultural diversity was long overdue, the Treasury announced that the 225th anniversary Mint is the first of a series of coins featuring depictions of "an allegorical Liberty in a variety of contemporary forms."
Future currencies will reportedly include designs to better represent the diversity present in the United States -- featuring other ethnicities such as "Asian-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and Indian-Americans" and more.
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