2021 P & D Innovation Dollars Home Video Game Console New Hampshire US Coins

Description

2021 P & D Innovation Dollars Home Video Game Consoles
New Hampshire
US coins
Uncirculated coins
One of the dollars has a small rim ding, see photos for more detail
The coins pictured are the coins you will receive
American Innovation Coin honoring innovation in New Hampshire
Coins minted at the United States Mints at Philadelphia and Denver
DESCRIPTION
The United States Mint American Innovation® Coin Program is a multi-year series honoring innovation and innovators with coins from each State, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Northern Mariana Islands. The American Innovation Coins in the rolls and bags have uncirculated finishes and were minted at the Philadelphia and Denver Mints. The New Hampshire coin is the first coin minted in 2021.
The American Innovation Coin representing New Hampshire recognizes the invention of the first home video game console by Ralph Baer.
In 1966, Ralph Baer began to investigate how to play games on a television. He and his team developed the “Brown Box,” a prototype for the first multi-player, multi-program video game system. This paved the way for all video game systems that followed. Baer is known today as "The Father of Video Games."
The reverse (tails) design depicts Ralph Baer’s brown box game “Handball” on the right side of the coin. The left side features “NEW HAMPSHIRE” and “PLAYER 1” on an incused background. The inscriptions “IN-HOME VIDEO GAME SYSTEM” and “RALPH BAER” encircle the coin in a text that is meant to pay homage to Baer’s Odyssey game. The additional inscription is "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA." The design is also symbolic of an arcade token.
The obverse (heads) design features a dramatic representation of the Statue of Liberty in profile with the inscriptions “IN GOD WE TRUST” and “.” The obverse also includes a privy mark of a stylized gear, representing industry and innovation.
The year of minting, mint mark, and the inscription “E PLURIBUS UNUM” are incused on the edge of the coins.
SPECIFICATIONS
Denomination: Coin
Finish: Uncirculated
Composition: 6% Zinc, 3.5% Manganese, 2% Nickel, Balance Copper
Weight: 8.100 grams
Diameter: 1.043 inches (26.49 mm)
Edge: Lettered