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).

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. It was signed into law by President Donald Trump on July 18, 2018. 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. 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). 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".

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".

Year No. Jurisdiction Feature Obverse privy mark Design Elements depicted Release date Mintage Philadelphia Denver San FranciscoProofReverse proof2018 1 Introductory First patentNone Introductory Design Signature of George Washington; four stylized gears December 14, 2018 2,143,925 2,148,525 243,567 74,7202019 2 Delaware Annie Jump Cannon Silhouette of Cannon against a night sky with multiple stars September 19, 2019 866,850 866,400 149,885 72,997 3 Pennsylvania Polio vaccine Microscope with the poliovirus at three magnification levelsOctober 24, 2019 884,000 886,325 149,885 73,087 4 New Jersey Lightbulb Edison light bulbNovember 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 oliveDecember 19, 2019 399,900 368,475 149,885 72,97220206Connecticut Gerber Variable Scale Scale of Connecticut enlarged 200%July 21, 2020 440,771 438,209 108,400 49,1727Massachusetts Telephone Early rotary dialOctober 29, 2020 436,750 436,825 108,400 48,8388Maryland Hubble Space Telescope Hubble Space Telescope orbiting Earth, the background a field of starsNovember 23, 2020 438,700 434,454 108,400 48,9479South Carolina Septima Clark Septima Clark marching with African American students. She and two girls are carrying books, and the boy a prominent American flagJanuary 19, 2021 432,850 397,800 108,400 48,413202110New Hampshire In-home video game system Ralph Baer's Brown Box game Handball, game console prototypeMitsuri KanrojiJune 8, 2021 454,325 454,425 92,075 49,81311Virginia Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Cutaway of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel with trafficJuly 27, 2021 454,975 453,025 92,075 49,81312New York Erie Canal A packet boat on the Erie Canal being pulled by a draft horseAugust 31, 2021 453,750 453,825 92,075 49,81313North Carolina Higher education A lamp of knowledge on a stack of three books, the middle entitled "First Public University", wreathed by olive branches October 12, 2021 454,150 454,450 92,075 49,813202214Rhode Island Reliance yacht Nathanael Herreshoff's The Reliance under full sail, the pinnacle of 1903 nautical engineering. Rope border.February 23, 2022 454,150 453,775 86,195 49,85115Vermont Snowboarding A snowboarder doing a melon grab in midair set against a mountainous winter skyline. Designed in collaboration with Burton Snowboards, it sold out instantly April 26, 2022 454,275 452,875 86,195 49,85116Kentucky Kentucky bluegrass A diagonal banjoJune 28, 2022 451,900 452,625 86,195 49,85117Tennessee Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Newly installed power lines lining a rural road; the barn of classic gambel design and the tower silo are representativeAugust 30, 2022 453,425 453,850 86,195 49,851202318Ohio 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 January 30, 2023 496,275 448,225 61,847 43,01119Louisiana Higgins boat An empty Higgins boat with its landing ramp lying open on a quiet beach, storm clouds in the far distanceApril 10, 2023 465,025 430,625 61,847 43,01120Indiana Automobile industry An early gas automobile, a classic car, and a modern Indy-style race carJune 26, 2023 500,950 452,350 61,847 43,01121Mississippi First human lung transplant A pair of human lungs with a pair of forceps passed from one hand to anotherAugust 28, 2023 399,275 383,600 61,847 43,011202422Illinois Steel Plow A steel plow blade, Big bluestem grass, field of soil January 25, 2024 498,675 460,200 66,047 36,03923Alabama Saturn V Rocket Saturn V rocket liftoff, MoonApril 8, 2024 524,750 481,075 66,047 36,03924Maine DC Defibrillator Bas relief profile of Bernard Lown; direct current defibrillator in operationMay 16, 2024 512,025 421,000 66,047 36,03925Missouri 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 backgroundJuly 18, 2024 524,325 449,975 66,047 36,039202526Arkansas Raye Montague Montague visualizing a USN Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate; the grid comprising the sea evokes the digitized engineering and drafting techniques she devisedJanuary 7, 2025 520,900 405,000 61,607 35,52027Michigan Automobile assembly line A 1930s-era automobile assembly lineApril 8, 2025 586,550 540,375 61,607 35,52028Florida Space Shuttle A Space Shuttle lifting off from Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space CenterMay 15, 2025 590,350 544,775 61,607 35,52029Texas International Space Station An American astronaut conducting a spacewalkJuly 29, 2025 591,125 545,600 61,607 35,520202630Iowa Norman Borlaug Borlaug holding a sheaf of wheat and wheat stalksJanuary 6, 2026 TBA TBA TBA TBA31Wisconsin Cray-1 supercomputer Aerial view of the Cray-1 supercomputer in the shape of a "C" for Cray-1 and computerApril 7, 2026 TBA TBA TBA TBA32California Steve Jobs Jobs sitting in front of the oak-covered rolling hills of CaliforniaMay 12, 2026 TBA TBA TBA TBA33Minnesota Mobile refrigeration A 1940s era refrigeration truck with an early front-mounted unit July 28, 2026 TBA TBA TBA TBA202734Oregon TBATBA TBA TBATBD 2027 TBA TBA TBA TBA35Kansas TBA TBA TBATBD 2027 TBA TBA TBA TBA36West Virginia TBA TBA TBATBD 2027 TBA TBA TBA TBA37Nevada TBA TBA TBATBD 2027 TBA TBA TBA TBA202838Nebraska TBATBA TBA TBATBD 2028 TBA TBA TBA TBA39Colorado TBA TBA TBATBD 2028 TBA TBA TBA TBA40North Dakota TBA TBA TBATBD 2028 TBA TBA TBA TBA41South Dakota TBA TBA TBATBD 2028 TBA TBA TBA TBA202942Montana TBATBA TBA TBATBD 2029 TBA TBA TBA TBA43Washington TBA TBA TBATBD 2029 TBA TBA TBA TBA44Idaho TBA TBA TBATBD 2029 TBA TBA TBA TBA45Wyoming TBA TBA TBATBD 2029 TBA TBA TBA TBA203046Utah TBATBA TBA TBATBD 2030 TBA TBA TBA TBA47Oklahoma TBA TBA TBATBD 2030 TBA TBA TBA TBA48New Mexico TBA TBA TBATBD 2030 TBA TBA TBA TBA49Arizona TBA TBA TBATBD 2030 TBA TBA TBA TBA203150Alaska TBATBA TBA TBATBD 2031 TBA TBA TBA TBA51Hawaii TBA TBA TBATBD 2031 TBA TBA TBA TBA52District of Columbia TBA TBA TBATBD 2031 TBA TBA TBA TBA53Puerto Rico TBA TBA TBATBD 2031 TBA TBA TBA TBA203254Guam TBATBA TBA TBATBD 2032 TBA TBA TBA TBA55American Samoa TBA TBA TBATBD 2032 TBA TBA TBA TBA56United States Virgin Islands TBA TBA TBATBD 2032 TBA TBA TBA TBA57Northern Mariana Islands TBA TBA TBATBD 2032 TBA TBA TBA TBA

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