posted 07-07-2022 06:00 PM               

NASA's innovative Saturn V rocket to launch onto 2024 US dollar coin

The historic rocket that launched the first astronauts to the moon will blast off from the back of a new dollar coin in 2024.

NASA's Saturn V booster will be featured on the U.S. Mint's American Innovation $1 Coin representing the state of Alabama. The Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) and the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) separately reviewed the candidate designs and made differing recommendations to the director of the mint.

posted 12-13-2023 06:36 PM               

Saturn V rocket art revealed for 2024 American Innovation $1 coin

The United States Mint is getting ready to put a rocket in your pocket.

As first announced in 2022, the state of Alabama chose NASA's historic Saturn V to appear on a $1 coin as its example of American Innovation. With the dollar piece now nearing its Spring 2024 release, the mint has revealed the final design for the moon rocket-adorned coin.

posted 04-08-2024 07:00 AM               

Moon rocket money: US Mint releases $1 coin celebrating Saturn V

At the same time that millions of Americans will be looking up to see the moon eclipse the Sun, the United States Mint will be releasing for sale a golden dollar coin celebrating the innovative rocket that launched the first people to cast shadows on the lunar surface.

The new Alabama American Innovation $1 coin honors NASA's Apollo-era Saturn V rocket and the state where it was designed and built. Rolls and bags of the non-circulating legal tender coins go on sale on Monday (April 8) at noon EDT (1600 GMT), just as the path of totality for the solar eclipse begins to cross over the west coast of Mexico, beginning its span over North America. (The timing of the coin's release coinciding with the solar eclipse was coincidental.)

posted 05-28-2024 05:11 PM               

I was hoping that the U.S. Mint would continue its earlier practice of issuing single reverse proof examples of the American Innovation coins, as the Maryland example came in a very nice portfolio with details about the Hubble Space Telescope. According to the mint, though, that product line has been discontinued.

I initially bought a couple of loose coins (I did not need or want a full roll or bag), one with each mint mark, but recently "upgraded" to an NGC slabbed pair that I think displays the coins nicely. As a bonus, NGC distinguished these coins as "First Releases," similar I think to philatelic First Day of Issue postmarks.

posted 05-29-2024 06:16 PM               

My Dad has been collecting other coins from the Mint for several years now, so I was encouraged to purchase the rolls vs single coins. I did the same for the Maryland coin, along with the proof edition.

Curiously enough, I was recently wondering the same thing: Whether or not the Mint would issue a proof edition of the Alabama coin.

posted 07-23-2024 08:02 PM               

The set retails for $24 each. There is a mintage limit of 99,792 sets and sales are limited to five per household.

These proof coins have a sharp relief with mirror-like backgrounds and frosted foregrounds, giving them a special cameo effect.

posted 12-06-2024 11:20 AM               

The set retails for $28 each. There is a mintage limit of 57,816 sets and sales are limited to five per household.

This set is the only way to get American Innovation $1 Coins in a stunning reverse proof finish, emphasizing their designs with a reflective foreground and frosted background, and making them the inverse of their proof finish counterparts.