2025 $1 American Innovation- Arkansas Coin

2025 American Innovation $1 Coin – Arkansas (P & D Mint Marks)

The 2025 American Innovation $1 Coin honoring Arkansas is the first release of the 2025 series from the U.S. Mint’s American Innovation $1 Coin Program. This coin celebrates Raye Montague, an Arkansas native and groundbreaking naval engineer who revolutionized ship design by developing the first computer-generated draft of a U.S. Navy warship.

Design Details:

• Obverse (Shared across the series):

  • Features the Statue of Liberty

  • Designer: Justin Kunz | Sculptor: Phebe Hemphill

  • Inscriptions: IN GOD WE TRUST and $1

• Reverse (Arkansas Innovation):

  • Depicts Raye Montague at work with a Navy frigate (Oliver Hazard Perry-class) in the background

  • A grid and sea pattern symbolize digital ship design innovation

  • Inscriptions: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, RAYE MONTAGUE, ARKANSAS, and AMERICAN INNOVATION

  • Designer: Donna Weaver | Sculptor: Eric David Custer

• Edge Lettering:

  • 2025, E PLURIBUS UNUM, and mint mark (P for Philadelphia, D for Denver)

Coin Specifications:

• Composition: Manganese-brass clad (88.5% Cu, 6% Zn, 3.5% Mn, 2% Ni)

• Diameter: 26.49 mm

• Weight: 8.1 g

• Finish: Uncirculated (circulation quality)