Harriet Tubman coins to benefit Auburn historic site on sale Thursday:
https://auburnpub.com/news/local/his...home-top-story
"If you want to buy a Harriet Tubman commemorative coin, you can begin placing orders this week.
The pre-ordering window opens at noon Thursday on the U.S. Mint's website, catalog.usmint.gov. There will be three coins available: A $5 gold coin, $1 silver coin and clad half-dollar. Three-coin sets will also be sold.
Surcharges paid by coin buyers will be provided to the Harriet Tubman Home in Auburn and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati. If all the coins are sold, each site will receive $4.75 million.
Karen Hill, president and CEO of Harriet Tubman Home, Inc., is hoping to sell coins at the Auburn site, especially during the busy summer tourism season. She told The Citizen there are ongoing talks with the U.S. Mint about either selling the coins or providing visitors with order forms.
"We'll make a real big push about it," Hill said. "We expect to be selling some t-shirts with the coins on them and other items that amplify the coin sales."
The Tubman commemorative coins excite collectors, Hill added, but they are hoping to reach "a broader customer base" to boost sales.
With the proceeds from the coin sales, the Harriet Tubman Home could expand programming, hire additional staff or make improvements to the historic site, according to Hill.
The commemorative coin program was proposed by members of Congress, including former U.S. Rep. John Katko, in 2020. The goal was to have the coins sold in the same year (2022) as the bicentennial of Tubman's birth. The bill did not advance in that Congress, but it passed in 2022 and was signed by President Joe Biden.
The law authorizes the U.S. Mint to sell up to 50,000 $5 gold coins, 400,000 $1 silver coins and 750,000 clad half-dollar coins. Buyers will pay a $35 surcharge for the gold coins, $10 for the silver coins and $5 for the half-dollar coins.
The U.S. Mint unveiled the coin designs in July 2023. The coins honor Tubman's efforts to free enslaved people and her service during the Civil War, when she led the Combahee River Raid.
Hill is excited now that the public will be able to buy the coins.
"It's just a wonderful way for people to be able to have some of Harriet Tubman's legacy in their family to pass down," she said."
Website for the site:
https://www.harriettubmanhome.com/
Also, North American Manure Expo coming to Central NY for first time:
https://www.newyorkupstate.com/news/...irst-time.html
Auburn Public Theater announces new art grant program:
https://auburnpub.com/life-entertain...-entertainment
"Auburn Public Theater is offering a new grant opportunity to local artists and organizations.
The theater's new regrant program offers public arts and individual artist grants to applicants from Cayuga, Seneca, Ontario, Wayne and Yates counties. Grant limits are $5,000 for public arts and $2,000 for individual artists. There will also be one general operating grant of $10,000 awarded; applicants for that grant are encouraged to apply for a public arts grant as well, in case they aren't selected.
In all, $150,000 in grants will be awarded, the theater said in a news release, thanks to support from state Sen. Rachel May.
The program replaces the Statewide Community Regrant Program of the New York State Council on the Arts. All previous rules and guidelines for the statewide regrant program will be modified to fit the needs of the theater's new one. Previous arts education grant applicants are encouraged to apply for the public arts grant.
Applications can be submitted by visiting
www.auburnpublictheater.org and navigating to the "Grants" page. The application deadline is Feb. 14.
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