The United States Mint will continue their release of the 2024 American Innovation Dollars today as they commemorate Missouri. The dollars coins will be available in 25-coin rolls and 100-coin bags from Philadelphia and Denver beginning at 12pm EST.
The program began in 2018 with an introductory coin and is following up with four coins per year. The multi-year series aims to honor innovation and innovators for each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the five United States territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Northern Mariana Islands). Illinois, Alabama, Maine, and Missouri are the four honorees for 2024.
George Washington Carver is depicted on the reverse of the coin as he examines a sample of his work in his laboratory. Born into slavery in Diamond, Missouri, Dr. Carver would become an agricultural scientist who helped save the South’s agrarian economy. In 1906, he designed and built an agriculture school and laboratory on wheels known as the Jessup Wagon. It would visit farming communities throughout the south to provide demonstrations and disseminate information to those who needed it most, including small farmers looking to improve their yields, earn larger profits, and save their livelihoods. One of the ways this was done was with soil-enriching crops like the peanut which he used to develop more than 300 products.
The reverse features Dr. Carver along with the leaves, blossoms, and fruits of a peanut plant woven between scientific equipment. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MISSOURI, and GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER are also inscribed on the design.
A dramatic representation of the Statue of Liberty is seen on the obverse, remaining the constant design throughout the series. “IN GOD WE TRUST,” and “$1” are inscribed in addition to a stylized gear privy mark representing industry and innovation. Mintage year, mint mark and “E PLURIBUS UNUM” are incused on the edge of the coins.
The 25-coin rolls will retail at $34.50 while the 100-coin bags will retail at $117.50. Initial household order limits are set at 10 with no mintage limit.
Source: United States Mint
