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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KBBPLL, post: 26057567, member: 104064&quot;]I&#039;ve wondered, what is the symbolism of the cap being on a pole? A hundred years later with the Barber coins the cap is on her head. Yes, the pole/rod (<i>vindicta</i>) and the cap (<i>pileus</i>) were Roman symbols of liberty for freed slaves, but the freedom ceremony involved touching them with the rod and putting the cap on their head. So is she still waiting to be freed? Not that symbolism on US coins always made sense, like putting a male warrior bonnet on a female Caucasian &quot;Native American&quot; Liberty for the Indian Head cent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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