The United States Mint opened gross sales for rolls and luggage containing the primary American Innovation $1 Coin of 2025 on January 7 at midday EST. The reverse design of the cash in these merchandise acknowledges innovation by naval engineer Raye Montague from the State of Arkansas.
“I’m happy to announce the discharge of the American Innovation $1 Coin for the State of Arkansas,” mentioned the Honorable Ventris C. Gibson, Director of the Mint. “Raye Montague was an American naval engineer credited with creating the primary computer-generated tough draft of a U.S. naval ship. She was the primary feminine program supervisor of ships within the United States Navy. We’re honored to rejoice this main achievement with this coin.”
“Arkansas is thrilled to be featured on the $1 Coin and proud that Raye Montague—a local Arkansan, groundbreaking naval engineer, and the definition of American Innovation—would be the Pure State’s consultant,” mentioned Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
The next packaging choices from the Mint’s amenities at Philadelphia and Denver at the moment are accessible:
Launched in 2018, the American Innovation $1 Coin Program is a multi-year collection that includes distinctive reverse designs that pay homage to America’s ingenuity and rejoice the pioneering efforts of people or teams from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Territories.
The Arkansas American Innovation $1 Coin reverse design options Raye Montague visualizing a United States Navy Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, a ship she designed by laptop. The grid sample over the ocean evokes the engineering and drafting strategies she digitized to perform her design. Included inscriptions are “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” “ARKANSAS,” AND “RAYE MONTAGUE.” United States Mint Medallic Artist Eric David Custer sculpted, and Creative Infusion Program (AIP) Designer Elana Hagler designed the picture.
The obverse design of all cash within the American Innovation $1 Coin Program includes a dramatic illustration of the Statue of Liberty in profile with the inscriptions “IN GOD WE TRUST” and “$1.” The design additionally features a privy mark of a stylized gear, representing business and innovation. Mint Creative Infusion Program Designer Justin Kunz created the design, which Mint Medallic Artist Phebe Hemphill sculpted.
Incused on the coin’s edge are “2025,” the mint mark (“P” or “D”), and “E PLURIBUS UNUM.”
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