2021-S American Innovation New Hampshire Dollar PROOF Coin 2021 Dollar

We are pleased to offer for sale this 2021-S American Innovation Proof New Hampshire Dollar. This 2021-S American Innovation Dollar coin is in Proof condition from the San Francisco (S) Mint.  All of our American Innovation Golden Proof Dollar coins have nice eye appeal and no major marks or visible problems.

The American Innovation Dollar was authorized by the American Innovation $1 Coin Act, passed in 2018. The act calls for the minting and issuance of non-circulating $1 coins beginning in 2019. A coin will be issued for each state, the District of Columbia and each U.S. territory in the order in which they were admitted to the union. Additionally the act calls for an introductory coin to be minted in 2018. This introductory coin will honor George Washington's signing of the first U.S. patent.

The year of minting, mint mark and 'E Pluribus Unum' are edge-incused on each coin.

The 57-coin American Innovation $1 series was introduced in 2018 and by 2032 will have celebrated an innovation or innovator in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the 5 U. S. territories. The U.S. Mint will issue them in the order each State ratified the Constitution of the United States or was admitted into the Union.

Information about the 2021 American Innovation New Hampshire Dollar:

Designer: Phebe Hemphill Sculptor-Engraver: Justin Kunz

The American Innovation $1 Coin representing New Hampshire recognizes the invention of the first home video game console by Ralph Baer.

In 1966, Ralph Baer began to investigate how to play games on a television. He and his team developed the “Brown Box,” a prototype for the first multi-player, multi-program video game system. This paved the way for all video game systems that followed. Baer is known today as "The Father of Video Games."

The reverse (tails) design depicts Ralph Baer’s brown box game “Handball” on the right side of the coin. The left side features “NEW HAMPSHIRE” and “PLAYER 1” on an incused background. The inscriptions “IN-HOME VIDEO GAME SYSTEM” and “RALPH BAER” encircle the coin in a text that is meant to pay homage to Baer’s Odyssey game. The additional inscription is "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA." The design is also symbolic of an arcade token.

The American Innovation Dollar weighs 8.1 grams and has a diameter of 26.5mm.  American Innovation Dollars are composed of a pure copper core with outer layers of manganese brass (.770 copper, .120 zinc, .070 manganese, and .040 nickel).