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Final 2026 American Innovation Dollar Will Be Released Tomorrow

The United States Mint will release their fourth and final 2026-dated American Innovation $1 Coin tomorrow in rolls and bags. Beginning at 12pm EST, the Mint will honor Minnesota.

Introduced in 2018 with an introductory coin, the multi-year series is in its ninth year and aims to honor innovation and innovators for each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the five United States territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Northern Mariana Islands). The year 2026 honors Iowa, Wisconsin, California, and Minnesota.

The design featured for Minnesota on the reverse depicts a 1940s-era truck with an early front-mounted refrigeration unit. It will honor the development of mobile refrigeration with a focus on Minneapolis-based company U.S. Thermo Control (now called Thermo King). UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MINNESOTA, and MOBILE REFRIGERATION are inscribed. Beth Zaiken (AIP)...read more