Lady Liberty has a new look: as an African-American woman.

The U.S. Mint unveiled this week the designs for the 2017 American Liberty Gold Coin, the first in a series of 24-karat coins that will be issued biennially.

Treasury & Mint officials unveiled the 2017 American Liberty High Relief Gold Coin! https://t.co/HkfcPN5Enq #USMint225 @USTreasury pic.twitter.com/0ShGHPn5oF — United States Mint (@usmint) January 12, 2017

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“We boldly look to the future by casting Liberty in a new light, as an African-American woman wearing a crown of stars, looking forward to ever brighter chapters in our Nation’s history book,” Rhett Jeppson, the principal deputy director of the U.S. Mint, said in a news release revealing the new gold coinage. The $100 gold coin commemorates the 225th anniversary of the U.S. Mint.

Upcoming coins, Jeppson said, will depict Lady Liberty represented as an Asian-American, Hispanic-American and Indian-American woman, among others, to “reflect the cultural and ethnic diversity of the United States.”