January 22, 2024 -
The American Innovation $1 Coin representing Maine honors Dr. Bernard Lown and his invention of the direct current defibrillator. Dr. Bernard Lown was a Lithuanian-American cardiologist who was a pioneer in the research of sudden cardiac death. In 1962, Dr....
January 22, 2024 -
The American Innovation $1 Coin representing Alabama recognizes the invention of the Saturn V rocket. The Saturn V rocket was developed to support the Apollo space program for human exploration to the Moon. NASA launched 13 Saturn V rockets between...
January 22, 2024 -
The American Innovation $1 Coin representing Illinois recognizes the steel plow. The invention of the steel plow sparked the migration of Americans to the Midwest United States in the 1800s and the beginning of agriculture’s industrial age. In the early...
December 7, 2023 -
The theme of the 2024 Native American $1 Coin is the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924. On June 2, 1924, the Indian Citizenship Act was signed into law, granting U. S. citizenship to “all non-citizen Indians born within the territorial...
November 16, 2023 -
By Sharon McPike November 16, 2023 The U.S. Mint celebrated the Maria Tallchief Quarter during an event in Chicago, Illinois, on October 29. The event was held in partnership with the National Women’s History Museum and Lyric Opera of Chicago....
November 1, 2023 -
By Robyn Showanes November 1, 2023 The U.S. Mint celebrated the Maria Tallchief Quarter during an event in Tulsa, Oklahoma on October 29, 2023. The event was held in partnership with the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum and the Osage...
October 18, 2023 -
WASHINGTON – The United States Mint (Mint) 2023 American Women Quarters rolls and bags honoring Maria Tallchief will be available for purchase on October 23 at noon EDT. The Maria Tallchief quarter is the tenth coin in the American Women...
October 17, 2023 -
WASHINGTON – The United States Mint (Mint) announces the honorees for the 2025 American Women Quarters™ Program. This is the fourth and final year of this historic program featuring coins with reverse (tails) designs emblematic of the accomplishments and contributions...
October 16, 2023 -
WASHINGTON – The United States Mint (Mint) will begin shipping the fifth coin in the 2023 American Women Quarters™ (AWQ) Program on October 23. The Mint facilities at Philadelphia and Denver manufacture these circulating quarters honoring Maria Tallchief. Maria Tallchief...
September 20, 2023 -
The U.S. Mint will release the Greatest Generation Silver Dollar Coin as part of the Greatest Generation Commemorative Coin Program. The Mint will strike $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins, and half dollar clad coins as part of the program....
