Sunday, 8 December 2019

1165) "American Innovation $1 Coin Programme": Fifth Coin in the Coin Programme which commenced in 2018 represents the State of Georgia and its Trustees" Garden: Coin issue date: 19.12.2019:

1165) "American Innovation $1 Coin Programme": Fifth Coin in the Coin Programme which commenced in 2018 represents the State of Georgia and its Trustees' Garden: Coin issue date: 19.12.2019:

The last of the American Innovation Dollar Coin to be issued in 2019 is also the final product to be released from the US Mint in 2019.

The US Mint's "American Innovation $1 Coin Programme" is a multi-year Coin Programme/Series honouring Innovation and Innovators with $1 coins from each State, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, US Virgin Islands and Northern Mariana Islands. The coins issued under this Coin Series will be released over a 14-year period.

Under the Coin Programme, each of these States or Territories is required to identify concepts emblematic of an innovation, an innovator, or a group of innovators unique to that location and significant to the country's progress.

The final designs to be struck on the State's or Territories representative coins will be decided by the Secretary of the Treasury.

Interestingly, no new dollar coins are officially placed into general circulation. The last dollar coins placed into general circulation were the 2011 James A. Garfield dollars released under the Presidential Dollar Programme, particularly because of the large inventory of dollar coins held in Federal Reserve vaults, with demand for dollar coins being abysmally low among users.

Georgia is the fourth of the States and fifth coin in the Series to be highlighted in the American Innovation $1 Coin Programme, with the release of this coin.

This coin is being made available in four options - A 25-Coin Roll (both from the Philadelphia "P" & Denver "D" Mints) and a 100 Coin Bag (from both the mints - "P" and "D").

The Reverse of the Georgia $1 Coin 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 to be one of the finest agriculture experimental gardens in America. The 10 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.

This face of the coin depicts a hand planting seeds in the inscription "TRUSTEES' GARDEN", from which grows a variety of species representing the variety of plants grown in the garden - an orange tree seedling, sassafras, grapes, white mulberry, flax, peaches, olive and a young shoot too small to be identified.

The other inscriptions are - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" (on the upper periphery) and "GEORGIA" (on the lower periphery).

The Obverse of the Georgia $1 Coin features a dramatic representation of the Statue of Liberty in profile, facing left, which is common to all the coins issued under this Series.

The inscriptions are - the motto "IN GOD WE TRUST" and "$1". The design on this face also carries a privy mark of a stylised gear, representing industry and innovation.

Edge Inscriptions: The Edge-incused inscriptions are "2019", mint mark ("P" or "D") and the motto "E.PLURIBUS UNUM" ( meaning "One Out Of Many").

The specifications of this Coin are:

Denomination: $1 or One Dollar; Metal Composition: Copper - 88.5%, Zinc - 6%, Manganese - 3.5%, Nickel - 2%; Weight: 8.1 grams; Diameter/Size: 1.043 inches (or 26.49 mm); Edge: Lettered; Coin Quality: Uncirculated; Mints and Mint Marks: Philadelphia "P" and Denver "D"; Year of issue: 2019.

In 2020, Four Dollar Coins featuring "American Innovations" are slated to be released, marking the achievements of Innovators/Innovations from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland and South Carolina.


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