The United States Mint has released the official images of the 2025 American Innovation Dollars. 2025 represents the program’s eighth year, which is scheduled to conclude in 2032. The dollars not released for circulation are available in bags and rolls from the United States Mint for collectors. The first of the 2025 American Innovation Dollars will be available starting tomorrow, January 7th.
The American Innovation Dollar coin came about through legislation passed in 2018 and is set to run through 2032. There will be 57 coins released in the program, with the first one released on December 14, 2018. However, that coin was an introductory coin to show the coin off to the public and was never released for circulation. So far, the Mint has released 22 of the planned 57 coins. Collectors can buy the coins directly from the Mint in the form of bags, rolls, and annual Proof and Reverse Proof sets.
You can read about the history of the American Innovation Dollar in this Coin History article.
The states honored this year will be Arkansas, Florida, Michigan, and Texas.
The Arkansas dollar honors Raye Montague. Raye Montague (1935-2018) was an American naval engineer. She is credited with creating the first computer-generated rough draft of a United States naval ship. Montague was the first female program manager of ships in the United States Navy.
The Florida dollar honors the state’s contributions to NASA and manned space flight. Cape Kennedy, the launching location, vehicle assembly for NASA-manned space flights, and Space-X launches, is located on the east coast of Florida.
The Michigan dollar honors the automotive assembly line, created by Henry Ford, in Detroit.
Finally, the Texas dollar also honors the state’s contributions to NASA and manned space flight. Mission control is located in Houston and is in control of any NASA-manned space flight once the launch vehicle clears the launch pad.