American Innovation dollars

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 (latest shown)
DesignerJustin Kunz
Design date2022 onward
Reverse
DesignVarious, four designs per year starting 2019 (latest shown)
DesignerVarious

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).

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]

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

December 14, 2018 2,143,925 2,148,525 241,751 74,720
2019 2 Delaware Annie Jump Cannon Silhouette of Cannon against a night sky with multiple stars visible September 19, 2019 866,850 866,400 224,776 72,997
3 Pennsylvania Polio vaccine Microscope and a poliovirus October 24, 2019 884,000 886,325 224,776 73,087
4 New Jersey Lightbulb Edison light bulb November 21, 2019 334,500 310,675 224,776 72,752
5 Georgia Trustees' Garden Hand planting seeds, with seedlings including orange tree, sassafras, grapes, white mulberry, flax, peach and olive[10] December 19, 2019 399,900 368,475 224,776 72,972
2020 6 Connecticut Gerber Variable Scale Gerber Variable Scale being used to enlarge shape of state of Connecticut July 21, 2020 440,771 438,209 106,303 49,172
7 Massachusetts Telephone

Early rotary dial October 29, 2020 436,750 436,825 106,303 48,838
8 Maryland Hubble Space Telescope Hubble Space Telescope orbiting Earth November 23, 2020 438,700 434,454 106,303 48,947
9 South Carolina Septima Clark Septima Clark marching with African American students January 19, 2021 432,850 397,800 106,303 48,413
2021 10 New Hampshire In-home video game system Ralph Baer's Brown Box game Handball[11] June 8, 2021 453,825 453,800 82,921 49,289
11 Virginia Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Cross section cut away of the Chesapeake Bay Tunnel[12] July 27, 2021 454,100 452,025 82,921 49,289
12 New York Erie Canal A packet boat on the Erie Canal being pulled[13] August 31, 2021 451,250 451,125 82,921 49,289
13 North Carolina Innovation in higher education A lamp of knowledge on a stack of books with "first public university" on the middle book, and olive branches around the side[14] October 12, 2021 453,125 453,675 82,921 49,289
2022 14 Rhode Island Reliance yacht Nathanael Herreshoff's famous Reliance yacht at full speed in the waters surrounding Rhode Island bordered by a rope evoking the nautical scene[15] February 23, 2022 453,650 452,575 73,702 46,463
15 Vermont Snowboarding A snowboarder performing a trick set against a mountainous winter skyline inspired by the landscape of Vermont,[16] designed in collaboration with Burton Snowboards. [17] April 26, 2022 463,116 451,750 73,702 46,463
16 Kentucky Kentucky bluegrass A banjo[18] June 28, 2022 450,900 451,350 73,702 46,463
17 Tennessee Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) A Tennessee farm with newly installed power lines lining the road[19] August 30, 2022 452,200 452,050 73,702 46,463
2023 18 Ohio Underground Railroad Two hands grasped together, the upper arm pulling the lower arm, breaking the chain attached to the shackle on the lower arm[20] January 30, 2023 421,400 319,800 99,200 42,300
19 Louisiana Higgins boat A Higgins boat with its landing ramp open on a beach[21] April 10, 2023 467,000 501,800 99,030 41,800
20 Indiana Automobile industry An early gas automobile, a classic car, and a modern Indy-style race car[22] June 26, 2023 459,775 443,650 49,936 TBA
21 Mississippi First human lung transplant A pair of human lungs with a pair of forceps passed from one hand to another[23] August 28, 2023 371,000 352,450 49,936 TBA
2024 22 Illinois Steel Plow A steel plow blade, Big bluestem grass, field of soil[24] January 25, 2024 TBA TBA TBA TBA
23 Alabama Saturn V Rocket Saturn V rocket liftoff, Moon[25] April 08, 2024 TBA TBA TBA TBA
24 Maine DC Defibrillator Bernard Lown, defibrillator in operation[26] May 16, 2024 TBA TBA TBA TBA
25 Missouri George Washington Carver George Washington Carver and his laboratory equipment, peanut leaves, blossoms, and fruit[27] July 18, 2024 TBA TBA TBA TBA
2025 26 Arkansas TBA TBA TBA TBA TBD 2025 TBA TBA TBA TBA
27 Michigan TBA TBA TBA TBD 2025 TBA TBA TBA TBA
28 Florida TBA TBA TBA TBD 2025 TBA TBA TBA TBA
29 Texas TBA TBA TBA TBD 2025 TBA TBA TBA TBA
2026 30 Iowa TBA TBA TBA TBA TBD 2026 TBA TBA TBA TBA
31 Wisconsin TBA TBA TBA TBD 2026 TBA TBA TBA TBA
32 California TBA TBA TBA TBD 2026 TBA TBA TBA TBA
33 Minnesota TBA TBA TBA 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

See also

References

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Preceded by Dollar coin of the United States
(2018–present)
Concurrent with Sacagawea dollar (2000–present) 		Succeeded by
Incumbent