January 23, 2024 -
WASHINGTON – The United States Mint (Mint) will open sales for rolls and bags containing the first American Innovation $1 Coin of 2024 on January 25 at noon EDT. The reverse (tails) design of the coins in these products honors...
January 22, 2024 -
The American Innovation $1 Coin representing Missouri honors George Washington Carver, agricultural scientist, inventor, and educator. George Washington Carver was born into slavery in Missouri at the end of the Civil War. In the 1890s, he studied botany and agriculture...
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...
November 7, 2023 -
WASHINGTON–The United States Mint (Mint) will begin accepting orders for the 2023 American Innovation $1 Coin Reverse Proof Set on November 14 at noon EST. The set is priced at $28.00 (product code 23GC). There is a household limit of...
October 19, 2023 -
WASHINGTON–The United States Mint (Mint) will begin accepting orders for the 2023 American Innovation $1 Coin Proof Set on October 26 at noon EDT. The set is priced at $24.00 (product code 23GA). The American Innovation® $1 Coin Program is...
June 23, 2023 -
WASHINGTON – The United States Mint (Mint) will open sales for rolls and bags containing the third American Innovation $1 Coin of 2023 on June 26 at noon EDT. The reverse (tails) design of the coins in these products honors...
April 7, 2023 -
The American Innovation $1 Coin representing Mississippi honors the first human lung transplant. On June 11, 1963, Dr. James D. Hardy and his collaborators, Watts R. Webb, Martin L. Dalton, Jr., and George R. Walker, Jr., at the University of...
April 7, 2023 -
The American Innovation $1 Coin representing Indiana recognizes the automobile industry. Indiana boasts a long history of innovation in automobile manufacturing and promoting the automobile in American culture. They played a role in the invention, refinement, and manufacture of headlights,...