American Innovation dollars

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).

American Innovation dollar

United States
Value	1 U.S. dollar
Mass	8.100 g (0.26 troy oz)
Diameter	26.49 mm (1.043 in)
Thickness	2.00 mm (0.0787 in)
Edge	Engraved: text "E pluribus unum", the coin's mint mark, its year of issuance, and 13 five-pointed stars
Composition	Copper with manganese brass cladding: 88.5% Cu 6% Zn 3.5% Mn 2% Ni
Years of minting	2018–2032
Catalog number	—
Obverse
Design	Statue of Liberty
Designer	Justin Kunz
Design date	2018
Design	Statue of Liberty, privy mark (first shown)
Designer	Justin Kunz
Design date	2022 onward
Reverse
Design	Various, four designs per year starting 2019 (first shown)
Designer	Various

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; 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	453,825	453,800	82,921	49,289
	11	Virginia	Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel			Cutaway of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel with traffic[21][22]	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 by a draft horse[23][24]	August 31, 2021	451,250	451,125	82,921	49,289
	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	453,125	453,675	82,921	49,289
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	453,650	452,575	73,702	46,463
	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	463,116	451,750	73,702	46,463
	16	Kentucky	Kentucky bluegrass			A diagonal banjo[31]	June 28, 2022	450,900	451,350	73,702	46,463
	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	452,200	452,050	73,702	46,463
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	421,400	319,800	99,200	42,300
	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	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[37][38]	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[39][40]	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[41][42]	January 25, 2024	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	23	Alabama	Saturn V Rocket			Saturn V rocket liftoff, Moon[43][44]	April 8, 2024	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	24	Maine	DC Defibrillator			Bas relief profile of Bernard Lown; direct current defibrillator in operation[45][46]	May 16, 2024	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	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	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
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	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	27	Michigan	Automobile assembly line			A 1930s-era automobile assembly line[50]	April 8, 2025	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	28	Florida	Space Shuttle			A Space Shuttle lifting off from Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center[50]	May 15, 2025	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	29	Texas	International Space Station			An American astronaut conducting a spacewalk[50]	July 29, 2025	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
2026	30	Iowa	Norman Borlaug	TBA	TBA	Borlaug holding a sheaf of wheat and wheat stalks[51]	TBD 2026	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	31	Wisconsin	Cray-1 supercomputer		TBA	Aerial view of the Cray-1 supercomputer in the shape of a "C" for Cray-1 and computer[51]	TBD 2026	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	32	California	Steve Jobs		TBA	Jobs sitting in front of the oak-covered rolling hills of California[51]	TBD 2026	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	33	Minnesota	Mobile refrigeration		TBA	A 1940s erarefrigeration 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

See also

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