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State: Maryland
Drescription: The 2020 Maryland American Innovation dollar coin honors the Hubble Space Telescope, featuring an image of the telescope orbiting Earth surrounded by stars. Released as part of the U.S. Mint’s American Innovation series, the coin highlights the observatory managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Key Details:
Reverse Design: Depicts the Hubble Space Telescope orbiting Earth, surrounded by a field of stars, with inscriptions "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," "THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE," and "MARYLAND".
Obverse Design: Features a dramatic profile of the Statue of Liberty, with the inscriptions "IN GOD WE TRUST" and "$1," along with a privy mark of a stylized gear.
Edge Inscriptions: The edge bears the year "2020," the mint mark (P, D, or S), and "E PLURIBUS UNUM".
Designer/Engraver: Joseph Francis Menna (Reverse) and Justin Kunz/Phebe Hemphill (Obverse).
The coin was released to celebrate the telescope's role in providing, since its 1990 launch, invaluable images of the universe.
Drescription: The 2020 Maryland American Innovation dollar coin honors the Hubble Space Telescope, featuring an image of the telescope orbiting Earth surrounded by stars. Released as part of the U.S. Mint’s American Innovation series, the coin highlights the observatory managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Key Details:
Reverse Design: Depicts the Hubble Space Telescope orbiting Earth, surrounded by a field of stars, with inscriptions "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," "THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE," and "MARYLAND".
Obverse Design: Features a dramatic profile of the Statue of Liberty, with the inscriptions "IN GOD WE TRUST" and "$1," along with a privy mark of a stylized gear.
Edge Inscriptions: The edge bears the year "2020," the mint mark (P, D, or S), and "E PLURIBUS UNUM".
Designer/Engraver: Joseph Francis Menna (Reverse) and Justin Kunz/Phebe Hemphill (Obverse).
The coin was released to celebrate the telescope's role in providing, since its 1990 launch, invaluable images of the universe.