Erie Canal
Return To Index
State: New York
Drescription: The 2021 New York Erie Canal American Innovation ($1) coin features a packet boat being pulled along the canal, symbolizing the 1825 waterway that connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic. Designed by Ronald D. Sanders and sculpted by Phebe Hemphill, the reverse includes "UNITED STATES of AMERICA" and "NEW YORK".
Key Details of the 2021 Erie Canal Dollar:
Reverse Design: A packet boat moving westward, highlighting the trade route's impact on westward expansion.
Obverse Design: A portrait of the Statue of Liberty with a small privy mark of a stylized gear.
Edge Inscription: Incused with the year of minting ("2021"), mint mark (P, D, or S), and "E PLURIBUS UNUM".
The coin honors the 363-mile-long, man-made waterway that was crucial to New York's and the nation's development.
Drescription: The 2021 New York Erie Canal American Innovation ($1) coin features a packet boat being pulled along the canal, symbolizing the 1825 waterway that connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic. Designed by Ronald D. Sanders and sculpted by Phebe Hemphill, the reverse includes "UNITED STATES of AMERICA" and "NEW YORK".
Key Details of the 2021 Erie Canal Dollar:
Reverse Design: A packet boat moving westward, highlighting the trade route's impact on westward expansion.
Obverse Design: A portrait of the Statue of Liberty with a small privy mark of a stylized gear.
Edge Inscription: Incused with the year of minting ("2021"), mint mark (P, D, or S), and "E PLURIBUS UNUM".
The coin honors the 363-mile-long, man-made waterway that was crucial to New York's and the nation's development.