Actress Anna May Wong will be the first Asian American to appear on U.S. currency, the U.S. Mint announces.
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In "Shanghai Express," a 1932 adventure-romance movie, Wong starred alongside actress Marlene Dietrich as a first-class passenger who takes a three-day rail journey through China during the Chinese Civil War. "Many prominent actors from the 1920s and 1930s saw their name framed by lightbulbs on movie theater marquees, so I thought it made sense to feature Anna May Wong in this way," the coin's designer, Emily Damstra, said in a press release.
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