The U.S. Mint released the 2024 Harriet Tubman $5 Gold Coin as part of the Harriet Tubman Commemorative Coin Program. The program celebrates the bicentennial of Harriet Tubman's birth. The Mint sttruck $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins, and half dollar clad coins as part of the program. The designs follow the three periods of Tubmans' life and work.
The $5 designs represent her life after the Civil War. She helped care for newly freed enslaved people on her farm in Auburn, New York. She was involved in organizations and gave speeches in support of women's suffrage and civil rights.
The obverse (heads) features a portrait of Harriet Tubman in her years following the Civil War, looking confidently into the distance and towards the future.
The reverse (tails) depicts both arms of an individual firmly clasping one arm of another individual, symbolizing the aid and care that Harriet Tubman offered to others throughout her life. Encircling the arms are inscriptions of Harriet Tubman’s seven core values.