First human lung transplant
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State: Mississippi
Drescription: The 2023 Mississippi American Innovation $1 Coin honors the first human lung transplant, performed by Dr. James Hardy in 1963. The coin’s reverse depicts a surgical assistant passing forceps to a surgeon, with human lungs in the background, symbolizing the breakthrough. It includes "MISSISSIPPI" and "FIRST HUMAN LUNG TRANSPLANT".
Key Details of the Coin:
Reverse Design: Features a pair of human lungs in the background with a surgical assistant passing a tool to a surgeon in the foreground.
Reverse Inscriptions: "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," "FIRST HUMAN LUNG TRANSPLANT," and "MISSISSIPPI".
Obverse Design: A profile of the Statue of Liberty with the inscriptions "IN GOD WE TRUST" and "$1," plus a stylized gear privy mark representing industry.
Edge: Incused with the year of minting (2023), mint mark (P, D, or S), and "E PLURIBUS UNUM".
The coin highlights the pioneering 1963 surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, which advanced, and was crucial for, future thoracic medical procedures.
Drescription: The 2023 Mississippi American Innovation $1 Coin honors the first human lung transplant, performed by Dr. James Hardy in 1963. The coin’s reverse depicts a surgical assistant passing forceps to a surgeon, with human lungs in the background, symbolizing the breakthrough. It includes "MISSISSIPPI" and "FIRST HUMAN LUNG TRANSPLANT".
Key Details of the Coin:
Reverse Design: Features a pair of human lungs in the background with a surgical assistant passing a tool to a surgeon in the foreground.
Reverse Inscriptions: "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," "FIRST HUMAN LUNG TRANSPLANT," and "MISSISSIPPI".
Obverse Design: A profile of the Statue of Liberty with the inscriptions "IN GOD WE TRUST" and "$1," plus a stylized gear privy mark representing industry.
Edge: Incused with the year of minting (2023), mint mark (P, D, or S), and "E PLURIBUS UNUM".
The coin highlights the pioneering 1963 surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, which advanced, and was crucial for, future thoracic medical procedures.