AnnounceMints: Alabama’s Innovation Dollar Launches
The Alabama American Innovation dollar, featuring the Saturn V rocket, will be available on April 8, 2024.
April 8 is the day that the American Innovation dollar for Alabama becomes available to collectors in bags and rolls. The coin recognizes the invention of the Saturn V rocket, developed to support the Apollo space program for human exploration to the Moon. NASA launched 13 Saturn V rockets between 1967 and 1973.
The rocket was designed and built at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., under the supervision of aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun. The “Heavy Lift Vehicle” was 363 feet tall, the height of a 36-story building. During launch, the rocket generated 7.6 million pounds of thrust – more power than 85 Hoover Dams.
NASA launched the first Saturn V rocket for the Apollo 4 mission in 1967. The last Saturn V launched in 1973, without a crew, to carry the Skylab space station into Earth orbit.
The dollar coin’s reverse design depicts the power and force of the Saturn V rocket lifting off with the Moon in the background. The obverse design, common to all Innovation dollars, features a dramatic representation of the Statue of Liberty in profile. It also includes a privy mark of a stylized gear.
“P” and “D” rolls of 25 coins cost $34.50 each, and “P” and “D” bags of 100 coins cost $117.50 each. Shop at The U.S. Mint website.
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