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State: Ohio
Drescription: The 2023 Ohio American Innovation $1 coin honors the Underground Railroad with a reverse design showing two hands gripping, with a breaking shackle and chain symbolizing the struggle for freedom and aid provided. Part of the U.S. Mint's series, it features the Ohio-specific design to represent the state's pivotal, 3,000-mile network of safe houses.
Coin Details & Description:
Reverse Design: Two strong hands clasped, one pulling the other upward, with a chain snapping on a wrist shackle.
Inscriptions: "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," "UNDERGROUND RAILROAD," and "OHIO".
Obverse: Features a profile of the Statue of Liberty with a small privy mark of a stylized gear representing industry.
Edge: Lettered with "2023," mint mark ("P" for Philadelphia or "D" for Denver), and "E PLURIBUS UNUM".
The coin is designed to highlight the courage and support necessary for escaping enslavement.
Drescription: The 2023 Ohio American Innovation $1 coin honors the Underground Railroad with a reverse design showing two hands gripping, with a breaking shackle and chain symbolizing the struggle for freedom and aid provided. Part of the U.S. Mint's series, it features the Ohio-specific design to represent the state's pivotal, 3,000-mile network of safe houses.
Coin Details & Description:
Reverse Design: Two strong hands clasped, one pulling the other upward, with a chain snapping on a wrist shackle.
Inscriptions: "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," "UNDERGROUND RAILROAD," and "OHIO".
Obverse: Features a profile of the Statue of Liberty with a small privy mark of a stylized gear representing industry.
Edge: Lettered with "2023," mint mark ("P" for Philadelphia or "D" for Denver), and "E PLURIBUS UNUM".
The coin is designed to highlight the courage and support necessary for escaping enslavement.