THE FIRST INNOVATION DOLLAR TO BE RELEASED IN 2024 D & P MINT - ILLNOIS FROM THE AMERICAN INNOVATION DOLLAR Series RELEASED ON JANUARY 25th 2024 BY THE US MINT. I WILL RECEIVE THEM AROUND 7-10 DAYS AFTER THAT AND WILL SEND THEM ON TO YOU AS SOON AS I RECEIVE THEM
The United States Mint American Innovation $1 Coin Program is a multi-year series honoring innovation and innovators with $1 coins from each State, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. The American Innovation $1 Coins in the rolls and bags have uncirculated finishes and were minted at the Philadelphia and Denver Mints. The Maryland coin is the third minted in 2020.
Background
The obverse (heads) design features a dramatic representation of the Statue of Liberty in profile with the inscriptions ?IN GOD WE TRUST? and ?$1.? The obverse also includes a privy mark of a stylized gear, representing industry and innovation.
The year of minting, mint mark, and the inscription ?E PLURIBUS UNUM? are incused on the edge of the coins.
SpecificationsCompositionWeightDiameterThicknessEdgeManganese-Brass88.5% Cu6% Zn3.5% Mn2% Ni8.1 g1.043 in.26.49 mm2.00 mmEdge-Lettering
ILLINOIS - The first coin of 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 1800s, Americans moved from the eastern United States to the Midwest. The land they encountered was covered with grassland prairies that proved challenging to plow. The wooden plows that easily cut through the sandy soil of the East Coast became stuck in the dense Midwestern sod.
Blacksmith John Lane in Homer Township, Illinois came up with a solution to fashion a plow from an old sawmill blade, polished so that soil didn’t stick. After field testing, Lane’s plow went into production, first on his farm and later in Lockport, Illinois. By the 1850s, his plow was a commercial success, although Lane never patented his invention.
Lane was one of a number of competing plow-makers during this era. The steel plow was first made commercially successful in 1837 by John Deere in Grand Detour, Illinois. The John Deere plow was also originally sourced from a sawmill blade. But instead of crafting them one at a time as Lane and others did, John Deere established a process for producing plows on an industrial scale.
Denomination:$1 CoinFinish:UncirculatedComposition:6% Zinc, 3.5% Manganese, 2% Nickel, Balance CopperWeight:8.100 gramsDiameter:1.043 inches (26.49 mm)Edge:LetteredMint and Mint Mark:Philadelphia – P
Denver – DPrivy Mark:Stylized gear
Coins Grade "Brilliant Uncirculated"ALSO PLEASE ASK ABOUT MY 2024 SUBSCRIPTION OFFER FOR THE 4 DOLLARS TO BE RELEASED TO BE LISTED HERE EARLY OCTOBER
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