20 Dollars, "Legalise Freedom," 2022
date: label: date made
content: 2017
label: date modified
content: 2022
notes: label: Description
content: Countermarking and embossing coins and banknotes adds additional messages to monetary objects, altering their original design. While there are many historical examples of countermarking for transactional and economic purposes, often countermarking is done to spread political or social messages or as a form of protest. British artist Paul Embleton countermarked and embossed coins and banknotes in 2020-2022 with messages related to the Black Lives Matter movement to show support for it and amplify its message through the circulation of the coins and banknotes. He did similar work in 2020 on British coins and notes with messages of support for the NHS in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place modified
content: United Kingdom
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Paul Embleton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2023.0014.1
label: catalog number
content: 2023.0014.1
label: accession number
content: 2023.0014
label: serial number
content: PB 37558577 D
objectType: label: Object Name
content: note, embossed
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6.7 cm x 15.6 cm; 2 5/8 in x 6 5/32 in