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2019 P and D American Innovation 8 Coin Set $1 Coins - Philadelphia and Denver Mint - Full 8 Coin set for the year with Both Mint Marks of P and D.
- 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 Northern Mariana Islands. - Delaware is the first
of four coins to be released this year. It features Annie Jump Cannon, a Delaware-born internationally recognized astronomer who invented a system for classifying stars still in use today. - Pennsylvania coin is the second of four to be released this year. It
features the polio vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk and his team at the University of Pennsylvania in the early 1950s. At the time, polio was a devastating disease that disproportionately affected children and young adults and left many paralyzed and unable to walk. - New Jersey coin is the third of four to be released this year. It
features an electric light bulb, developed by Thomas Edison and his team of researchers in New Jersey. The advent of commercially manufactured light bulbs gave people easy control over light in homes and businesses, which drastically changed infrastructure, business, and society by allowing work and social activities to occur regardless of the time of day. - Georgia coin is the last of four to be released in 2019. It
features the Trustees’ Garden, established by James Oglethorpe in 1734. Oglethorpe was a British soldier, Member of Parliament, and philanthropist who founded the Colony of Georgia. The Trustees’ Garden is considered one of the first agriculture experimental gardens in America. The ten acres of land, located in Savannah, included plants from around the world so the colonists could determine the best crops for the Georgia climate. The Trustees’ Garden reflected the scientific and commercial aspirations of the trustees and their backers in England. - The obverse design features a dramatic representation of the Statue
of Liberty in profile with the inscriptions “IN GOD WE TRUST” and “$1.” The reverse design features a silhouette of Annie Jump Cannon against the night sky, with a number of stars visible. Inscriptions are “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” “ANNIE JUMP CANNON,” “CLASSIFYING THE STARS,” and “DELAWARE.” The year of minting, mint mark, and inscription “E PLURIBUS UNUM” are incused on the edge of the coins. - P - Mint is Philadelphia Mint.
- D - Mint is Denver Mint.
- Find more in our American Innovations Dollar Category.
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