Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
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State: Virginia
Drescription: The 2021 Virginia American Innovation dollar coin highlights the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, an engineering marvel completed in 1964. The reverse design features a cross-section view of the tunnel, illustrating the engineering ingenuity behind the 17-mile structure connecting Virginia to the Delmarva Peninsula. It includes the inscriptions "VIRGINIA" and "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA".
Key Details:
Design: A detailed, cross-section view of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.
Obverse: Features a stylized representation of the Statue of Liberty with inscriptions “IN GOD WE TRUST” and “$1”.
Edge: The edge is incused with the year of minting (2021), the mint mark (P, D, or S), and the motto “E PLURIBUS UNUM”.
The coin was released in 2021, with Philadelphia ('P') and Denver ('D') mints producing business strikes, and the San Francisco ('S') mint producing proof versions.
Drescription: The 2021 Virginia American Innovation dollar coin highlights the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, an engineering marvel completed in 1964. The reverse design features a cross-section view of the tunnel, illustrating the engineering ingenuity behind the 17-mile structure connecting Virginia to the Delmarva Peninsula. It includes the inscriptions "VIRGINIA" and "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA".
Key Details:
Design: A detailed, cross-section view of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.
Obverse: Features a stylized representation of the Statue of Liberty with inscriptions “IN GOD WE TRUST” and “$1”.
Edge: The edge is incused with the year of minting (2021), the mint mark (P, D, or S), and the motto “E PLURIBUS UNUM”.
The coin was released in 2021, with Philadelphia ('P') and Denver ('D') mints producing business strikes, and the San Francisco ('S') mint producing proof versions.