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Innovation
State: Georgia

Drescription: The 2019 Georgia Trustees' Garden American Innovation $1 coin ((0.770) Copper, (0.120) Zinc, (0.070) Manganese, (0.040) Nickel) honors America's first agricultural experimental garden. The reverse features a hand planting seeds with, surrounding plants representing the variety grown there, including an orange tree seedling, sassafras, and grapes. The obverse displays the Statue of Liberty with a stylized gear privy mark. 

Reverse Design: Shows a hand planting seeds, representing the 1730s Savannah garden established by James Oglethorpe to test crops like wine grapes, cotton, and mulberry trees.

Inscriptions: "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA", "GEORGIA", and "TRUSTEES' GARDEN".

Obverse Design: Features a profile of the Statue of Liberty with "IN GOD WE TRUST" and "$1".

Edge: Incused with "2019," the mint mark ("P" for Philadelphia, "D" for Denver, or "S" for San Francisco), and "E PLURIBUS UNUM".