January 29, 2024 -
WASHINGTON – The United States Mint (Mint) began accepting orders for products containing the 2024 Native American $1 Coin on January 29 at noon EST. Each year the Mint issues Native American $1 coins with reverse designs emblematic of an...
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...
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...