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State: North Carolina
Drescription: The 2021 North Carolina American Innovation ($1) coin honors the establishment of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as the nation's first public university. The reverse design features a stack of three textbooks with a lamp of knowledge on top, symbolizing the start of public higher education in 1795.
Coin Details and Design:
Theme: North Carolina - First Public University (Higher Education).
Reverse Design: A stack of three books with "FIRST PUBLIC UNIVERSITY" on the spine of the middle book, a lamp of knowledge, and olive branches.
Inscriptions: "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," "NORTH CAROLINA," and "1795".
Obverse Design: A dramatic profile representation of the Statue of Liberty, with inscriptions "$1" and "IN GOD WE TRUST".
The coin, released in 2021, commemorates the university's status as the only public institution to confer degrees in the 18th century.
Drescription: The 2021 North Carolina American Innovation ($1) coin honors the establishment of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as the nation's first public university. The reverse design features a stack of three textbooks with a lamp of knowledge on top, symbolizing the start of public higher education in 1795.
Coin Details and Design:
Theme: North Carolina - First Public University (Higher Education).
Reverse Design: A stack of three books with "FIRST PUBLIC UNIVERSITY" on the spine of the middle book, a lamp of knowledge, and olive branches.
Inscriptions: "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," "NORTH CAROLINA," and "1795".
Obverse Design: A dramatic profile representation of the Statue of Liberty, with inscriptions "$1" and "IN GOD WE TRUST".
The coin, released in 2021, commemorates the university's status as the only public institution to confer degrees in the 18th century.