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State: Massachusetts
Drescription: The 2020 Massachusetts American Innovation $1 coin honors the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 . Released as part of the U.S. Mint's American Innovation series, it features a reverse design with a rotary dial telephone, representing early communication technology, and is inscribed with "MASSACHUSETTS," "TELE-PHONE," and "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA".
Key Features and Details:
Design: The reverse (tails) shows the dial of an early rotary telephone.
Obverse: Features a profile of the Statue of Liberty with inscriptions "$1" and "IN GOD WE TRUST".
Edge: The edge is incused with the year "2020," the mint mark (P or D), and "E PLURIBUS UNUM".
Minting: Struck at the Philadelphia ("P") and Denver ("D") mints, with manganese-brass composition.
Artist/Sculptor: Designed by Eric David Custer and sculpted by Emily Damstra (some sources note inverse roles for design/sculpting, but Eric David Custer and Emily Damstra are consistently named for the reverse).
Background: The coin commemorates the 1876 invention by Massachusetts-based Alexander Graham Bell.
Drescription: The 2020 Massachusetts American Innovation $1 coin honors the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 . Released as part of the U.S. Mint's American Innovation series, it features a reverse design with a rotary dial telephone, representing early communication technology, and is inscribed with "MASSACHUSETTS," "TELE-PHONE," and "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA".
Key Features and Details:
Design: The reverse (tails) shows the dial of an early rotary telephone.
Obverse: Features a profile of the Statue of Liberty with inscriptions "$1" and "IN GOD WE TRUST".
Edge: The edge is incused with the year "2020," the mint mark (P or D), and "E PLURIBUS UNUM".
Minting: Struck at the Philadelphia ("P") and Denver ("D") mints, with manganese-brass composition.
Artist/Sculptor: Designed by Eric David Custer and sculpted by Emily Damstra (some sources note inverse roles for design/sculpting, but Eric David Custer and Emily Damstra are consistently named for the reverse).
Background: The coin commemorates the 1876 invention by Massachusetts-based Alexander Graham Bell.