2021 P & D North Carolina Innovation Dollars US Coins 1st Public University

Description

2 Coin Lot
2021 P & D North Carolina US Innovation Dollar
US Uncirculated coins
Featuring the 1st Public University
The North Carolina American Innovation Coin
recognizes the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the first public institution of higher learning in the United States. Opened in 1795, it is the only American public university to confer degrees in the 18th century. The coin’s reverse design depicts a stack of three textbooks with “FIRST PUBLIC UNIVERSITY” on the spine of the middle book. A lamp of knowledge is perched atop the books, and olive branches curve around the edge of the design. Additional Inscriptions are “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” and “NORTH CAROLINA.” The design was created by United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) Designer Ronald D. Sanders and sculpted by Chief Engraver Joseph Menna.
The obverse (heads) of all coins in this series features a dramatic representation of the Statue of Liberty in profile with the inscriptions “IN GOD WE TRUST” and “.” It also includes a privy mark of a stylized gear, representing industry and innovation. AIP Designer Justin Kunz created the design, which was sculpted by Mint Medallic Artist Phebe Hemphill.
Incused on the coin’s edge are “2021,” the mint mark, and “E PLURIBUS UNUM.”
Composition:
Manganese-Brass
88.5% Cu
6% Zn
3.5% Mn
2% Ni
Weight: 8.1g
Diameter: 26.49 mm
Thickness: 2.00 mm
Edge: Edge Lettering
Obverse:
Sculptor: Phebe Hemphill, Medallic Artist
Designer: Justin Kunz, Artistic Infusion Program
Reverse:
Sculptor: Joseph Menna, Medallic Artist
Designer: Ronald D. Sanders, Artistic Infusion Program