2020 MS67/PR69 Connecticut AMERICAN INNOVATION COINS

In 2018, the United States Mint introduced the new American Innovation Dollars series, 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.  Each is a golden Dollar coin. 4 coins will be issued each year, so the minting schedule for each coin is limited to only about three months.  Each coin is being made in Brilliant Uncirculated condition at the Philadelphia and Denver Mints, and in Proof quality at the San Francisco Mint.

These coins have been graded and certified by ANACS and the coins offered here have been independently graded and certified as nearly perfect Mint State 67 (abbreviated MS67) Proof 69 (abbreviated PR69) condition.

The American Innovation $1 Coin representing Connecticut honors the Gerber Variable Scale. While in college, Heinz Joseph Gerber invented a scale that could flow with a curve, expand, contract, and turn a corner. Many consider this scale to be the most revolutionary engineering tool since the slide rule. By the 1950s, the variable scale was one of the most widely used tools for engineers and architects worldwide. Though calculators and computers have replaced it, Gerber’s scale was integral to the scientific advancements of the 20th century.

This American Innovation $1 Coin Roll (Connecticut) contains 25 coins with uncirculated finishes minted at the Philadelphia Mint.

The reverse depicts the Gerber Variable Scale being used to increase a geometric shape resembling the State of Connecticut by 200 percent. The inscriptions are “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” “GERBER VARIABLE SCALE,” and “CONNECTICUT.”

The obverse 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.