The Mississippi American Innovation $1 Coin reverse (tails) design features a pair of human lungs in the background, while a surgical assistant passes forceps to the surgeon during the first lung transplant surgery. Inscriptions are “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” “FIRST HUMAN LUNG TRANSPLANT,” and “MISSISSIPPI.”

The obverse (heads) design features a dramatic representation of the Statue of Liberty in profile with the inscriptions “IN GOD WE TRUST” and “$1.” It also includes a privy mark of a stylized gear, representing industry and innovation.

The year of minting, mint mark, and “E PLURIBUS UNUM” are incused on the edge of the coins.

United States Mint coins are rolled by an automated machine process and not by hand.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Denomination: $1

CoinComposition: 6% zinc, 3.5% manganese, 2% nickel, balance copper

Weight: 8.100 grams

Diameter: 1.043 inches (26.49 mm)

Edge: LetteredMint and Mint Mark: Denver-D

Privy Mark: Stylized gear