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Innovation
State: Kentucky

Drescription: The 2022 Kentucky American Innovation $1 coin honors the birth of bluegrass music, featuring a banjo on the reverse, designed by Christina Hess and sculpted by Renata Gordon. Released by the U.S. Mint, it highlights the genre's roots in traditional Scottish, English, Irish, and African American music. The coin features a tilted banjo, symbolizing rhythm and movement.

Key Details:

Reverse Design: A banjo, with inscriptions "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," "BLUEGRASS," and "KENTUCKY".

Obverse Design: A profile of the Statue of Liberty with a stylized gear privy mark representing industry and innovation.

Edge Inscription: Incused with "2022," the mint mark (P, D, or S), and "E PLURIBUS UNUM".