American Innovation dollars

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American Innovation dollars are dollar coins of a series minted by the United States Mint beginning in 2018 and scheduled to run through 2032. It is planned for each member of the series to showcase an innovation, innovator, or group of innovators from a particular state or territory, while the obverse features the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World).

Mass8.100 g (0.26 troy oz)
Diameter26.49 mm (1.043 in)
Thickness2.00 mm (0.0787 in)
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American Innovation dollar
United States
Value1 U.S. dollar
Mass8.100 g (0.26 troy oz)
Diameter26.49 mm (1.043 in)
Thickness2.00 mm (0.0787 in)
EdgeEngraved: text "E pluribus unum", the coin's mint mark, its year of issuance, and 13 five-pointed stars
CompositionCopper with manganese brass cladding:
88.5% Cu
6% Zn
3.5% Mn
2% Ni
Years of minting2018–2032
Catalog number
Obverse
DesignStatue of Liberty
DesignerJustin Kunz
Design date2018
DesignStatue of Liberty, privy mark (first shown)
DesignerJustin Kunz
Design date2022 onward
Reverse
DesignVarious, four designs per year starting 2019 (first shown)
DesignerVarious
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History

Legislation authorizing the American Innovation $1 Coin Program was approved by the United States Senate on June 20, 2018, amending an earlier House bill, and the Senate-amended bill was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 27, 2018.[1][2] It was signed into law by President Donald Trump on July 18, 2018.[3] The program was officially launched on December 14, 2018, with the release of a special introductory coin commemorating George Washington's signing of the first American patent into law, for a new method of making potash and pearl ash.[4] However, these coins are not being released into circulation, and are only available at a premium in bags and rolls directly from the United States Mint. Uncirculated issues bear either the "P" or "D" mint mark signifying its mintage at the Philadelphia Mint or Denver Mint respectively. Proof and reverse proof coins struck for collectors bear the "S" mint mark signifying its mintage at the San Francisco Mint.

Four new coins will be released each year "celebrating innovations and innovators" from each of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and the five U.S. territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands).[5] All coins issued through this program will have the same obverse design showing the Statue of Liberty, and will contain the words: "In God We Trust" and "$1".[6][7]

Coin designs

Coins will be issued depicting designs which symbolize "the willingness to explore, to discover, and to create one’s own destiny", according to the U.S. Mint's narrative. The program showcases an innovation, innovator or group of innovators from each State or territory in uncirculated and proof finishes.

In 2019, a privy mark was added to the obverse of the coin under "In God We Trust".[8]

More information Year, No. ...
Year No. Jurisdiction Feature Obverse privy mark Design Elements depicted Release date Mintage
Philadelphia Denver San Francisco
Proof Reverse proof
2018 1 Introductory First patent[9] None Introductory Design

Signature of George Washington; four stylized gears[10]

December 14, 2018 2,143,925 2,148,525 243,567 74,720
2019 2 Delaware Annie Jump Cannon

Silhouette of Cannon against a night sky with multiple stars[11] September 19, 2019 866,850 866,400 149,885 72,997
3 Pennsylvania Polio vaccine Microscope with the poliovirus at three magnification levels[12] October 24, 2019 884,000 886,325 149,885 73,087
4 New Jersey Lightbulb Edison light bulb November 21, 2019 621,675 559,675 149,885 72,752
5 Georgia Trustees' Garden Hand planting seeds, with seedlings including orange tree, sassafras, grapes, white mulberry, flax, peach and olive[13][14] December 19, 2019 399,900 368,475 149,885 72,972
2020 6 Connecticut Gerber Variable Scale

Scale of Connecticut enlarged 200%[15] July 21, 2020 440,771 438,209 108,400 49,172
7 Massachusetts Telephone

Early rotary dial[16] October 29, 2020 436,750 436,825 108,400 48,838
8 Maryland Hubble Space Telescope Hubble Space Telescope orbiting Earth, the background a field of stars[17] November 23, 2020 438,700 434,454 108,400 48,947
9 South Carolina Septima Clark Septima Clark marching with African American students. She and two girls are carrying books, and the boy a prominent American flag[18] January 19, 2021 432,850 397,800 108,400 48,413
2021 10 New Hampshire In-home video game system Ralph Baer's Brown Box game Handball, game console prototype[19][20] June 8, 2021 454,325 454,425 92,075 49,813
11 Virginia Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Cutaway of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel with traffic[21][22] July 27, 2021 454,975 453,025 92,075 49,813
12 New York Erie Canal A packet boat on the Erie Canal being pulled by a draft horse[23][24] August 31, 2021 453,750 453,825 92,075 49,813
13 North Carolina Higher education A lamp of knowledge on a stack of three books, the middle entitled "First Public University", wreathed by olive branches [25][26] October 12, 2021 454,150 454,450 92,075 49,813
2022 14 Rhode Island Reliance yacht Nathanael Herreshoff's The  Reliance  under full sail, the pinnacle of 1903 nautical engineering. Rope border.[27][28] February 23, 2022 454,150 453,775 86,195 49,851
15 Vermont Snowboarding A snowboarder doing a melon grab in midair set against a mountainous winter skyline.[29] Designed in collaboration with Burton Snowboards, it sold out instantly[30] April 26, 2022 454,275 452,875 86,195 49,851
16 Kentucky Kentucky bluegrass A diagonal banjo[31] June 28, 2022 451,900 452,625 86,195 49,851
17 Tennessee Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Newly installed power lines lining a rural road; the barn of classic gambel design and the tower silo are representative[32][33] August 30, 2022 453,425 453,850 86,195 49,851
2023 18 Ohio Underground Railroad Two masculine hands grasped diagonally, the upper arm pulling the lower strongly upwards, symbolically breaking the chain of slavery attached to its rustic shackle[34] January 30, 2023 496,275 448,225 61,847 43,011
19 Louisiana Higgins boat An empty Higgins boat with its landing ramp lying open on a quiet beach, storm clouds in the far distance[35][36] April 10, 2023 465,025 430,625 61,847 43,011
20 Indiana Automobile industry An early gas automobile, a classic car, and a modern Indy-style race car[37][38] June 26, 2023 500,950 452,350 61,847 43,011
21 Mississippi First human lung transplant A pair of human lungs with a pair of forceps passed from one hand to another[39][40] August 28, 2023 399,275 383,600 61,847 43,011
2024 22 Illinois Steel Plow A steel plow blade, Big bluestem grass, field of soil[41][42] January 25, 2024 498,675 460,200 66,047 36,039
23 Alabama Saturn V Rocket Saturn V rocket liftoff, Moon[43][44] April 8, 2024 524,750 481,075 66,047 36,039
24 Maine DC Defibrillator Bas relief profile of Bernard Lown; direct current defibrillator in operation[45][46] May 16, 2024 512,025 421,000 66,047 36,039
25 Missouri George Washington Carver Carver in his laboratory, gently smiling and looking at a Florence flask of one of his experiments; peanut leaves, blossoms, and fruit are in the background[47][48] July 18, 2024 524,325 449,975 66,047 36,039
2025 26 Arkansas Raye Montague Montague visualizing a USN Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate; the grid comprising the sea evokes the digitized engineering and drafting techniques she devised[49][50] January 7, 2025 520,900 405,000 61,607 35,520
27 Michigan Automobile assembly line A 1930s-era automobile assembly line[50] April 8, 2025 586,550 540,375 61,607 35,520
28 Florida Space Shuttle A Space Shuttle lifting off from Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center[50] May 15, 2025 590,350 544,775 61,607 35,520
29 Texas International Space Station An American astronaut conducting a spacewalk[50] July 29, 2025 591,125 545,600 61,607 35,520
2026 30 Iowa Norman Borlaug

Borlaug holding a sheaf of wheat and wheat stalks[51] January 6, 2026 TBA TBA TBA TBA
31 Wisconsin Cray-1 supercomputer

Aerial view of the Cray-1 supercomputer in the shape of a "C" for Cray-1 and computer[51] April 7, 2026 TBA TBA TBA TBA
32 California Steve Jobs

Jobs sitting in front of the oak-covered rolling hills of California[51] May 14, 2026 TBA TBA TBA TBA
33 Minnesota Mobile refrigeration

A 1940s era refrigeration truck with an early front-mounted unit[51] TBD 2026 TBA TBA TBA TBA
2027 34 Oregon TBA TBA TBA TBA TBD 2027 TBA TBA TBA TBA
35 Kansas TBA TBA TBA TBD 2027 TBA TBA TBA TBA
36 West Virginia TBA TBA TBA TBD 2027 TBA TBA TBA TBA
37 Nevada TBA TBA TBA TBD 2027 TBA TBA TBA TBA
2028 38 Nebraska TBA TBA TBA TBA TBD 2028 TBA TBA TBA TBA
39 Colorado TBA TBA TBA TBD 2028 TBA TBA TBA TBA
40 North Dakota TBA TBA TBA TBD 2028 TBA TBA TBA TBA
41 South Dakota TBA TBA TBA TBD 2028 TBA TBA TBA TBA
2029 42 Montana TBA TBA TBA TBA TBD 2029 TBA TBA TBA TBA
43 Washington TBA TBA TBA TBD 2029 TBA TBA TBA TBA
44 Idaho TBA TBA TBA TBD 2029 TBA TBA TBA TBA
45 Wyoming TBA TBA TBA TBD 2029 TBA TBA TBA TBA
2030 46 Utah TBA TBA TBA TBA TBD 2030 TBA TBA TBA TBA
47 Oklahoma TBA TBA TBA TBD 2030 TBA TBA TBA TBA
48 New Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBD 2030 TBA TBA TBA TBA
49 Arizona TBA TBA TBA TBD 2030 TBA TBA TBA TBA
2031 50 Alaska TBA TBA TBA TBA TBD 2031 TBA TBA TBA TBA
51 Hawaii TBA TBA TBA TBD 2031 TBA TBA TBA TBA
52 District of Columbia TBA TBA TBA TBD 2031 TBA TBA TBA TBA
53 Puerto Rico TBA TBA TBA TBD 2031 TBA TBA TBA TBA
2032 54 Guam TBA TBA TBA TBA TBD 2032 TBA TBA TBA TBA
55 American Samoa TBA TBA TBA TBD 2032 TBA TBA TBA TBA
56 United States Virgin Islands TBA TBA TBA TBD 2032 TBA TBA TBA TBA
57 Northern Mariana Islands TBA TBA TBA TBD 2032 TBA TBA TBA TBA
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