2018-S American Innovation $1 - First Signed Patent (Gem Proof)

The United States Mint American Innovation $1 Coin Program is a multi-year series honoring innovations and innovators with $1 coins from each state, District of Columbia and U.S. territories. This inaugural issue celebrates the First Signed Patent.
These coins will be issued concurrently with the Sacagawea Native American Dollar.

Coin Highlights:

• Composed of outer layers of .770 copper, .120 zinc, .070 manganese and .040 nickel bonded to an inner core of pure copper.
• Individual coins are packaged in protective plastic.
• Obverse: Features the Statue of Liberty in profile with the inscriptions “IN GOD WE TRUST” and "$1".
• Reverse: George Washington’s signature and the inscriptions “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” and “AMERICAN INNOVATORS.” The stylized gears represent industry and innovation.
• Edge: Incused inscriptions; “2018,” “S” mint mark, and “E PLURIBUS UNUM”.
• Sovereign coin backed by the U.S. government.

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The American Innovation Dollar series will be issued at a rate of four coins per year in the order that each state entered the union, similar to the State Quarter Dollars Program of 1999-2010.