Steel Plow
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State: Illinois
Drescription: The 2024 Illinois American Innovation $1 Coin features a steel plow, honoring the 1837 invention that revolutionized Midwestern agriculture. The reverse depicts a plow blade, prairie grass, and soil, while the obverse shows the Statue of Liberty. It was minted in Philadelphia and Denver.
Key Details:
Reverse Design: A large steel plow blade is shown, set against a background of Big Bluestem prairie grass and soil.
Reverse Inscriptions: "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," "STEEL PLOW," and "ILLINOIS".
Obverse Design: Features a profile of the Statue of Liberty with a stylized gear privy mark representing industry.
Obverse Inscriptions: "IN GOD WE TRUST" and "$1".
Edge: The coin features an incused inscription of the year of minting (2024), the mint mark (P or D), and "E PLURIBUS UNUM".
Significance: The steel plow, developed by figures like John Deere and John Lane, allowed farmers to cut through thick, sticky Midwestern soil, transforming agriculture in the region.
Drescription: The 2024 Illinois American Innovation $1 Coin features a steel plow, honoring the 1837 invention that revolutionized Midwestern agriculture. The reverse depicts a plow blade, prairie grass, and soil, while the obverse shows the Statue of Liberty. It was minted in Philadelphia and Denver.
Key Details:
Reverse Design: A large steel plow blade is shown, set against a background of Big Bluestem prairie grass and soil.
Reverse Inscriptions: "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," "STEEL PLOW," and "ILLINOIS".
Obverse Design: Features a profile of the Statue of Liberty with a stylized gear privy mark representing industry.
Obverse Inscriptions: "IN GOD WE TRUST" and "$1".
Edge: The coin features an incused inscription of the year of minting (2024), the mint mark (P or D), and "E PLURIBUS UNUM".
Significance: The steel plow, developed by figures like John Deere and John Lane, allowed farmers to cut through thick, sticky Midwestern soil, transforming agriculture in the region.