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2020 Connecticut Gerber Variable Scale Innovation Dollar PD MS
2020 Connecticut Gerber Variable Scale Innovation Dollar PD MS

2020 Connecticut Gerber Variable Scale Innovation Dollar PD MS

$ 2.16

Availability: 42 in stock
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
  • Denomination:
  • Condition: Coins are taken from US Mint Bag or Roll and handled with gloves
  • Year: 2020
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

    Description

    This listing is for two coins, one from each Mint (Philadelphia & Denver).  The American Innovation Coin representing Connecticut honors the Gerber Variable Scale. While in college, Heinz Joseph Gerber invented a scale that could flow with a curve, expand, contract, and turn a corner. Many consider this scale to be the most revolutionary engineering tool since the slide rule. By the 1950s, the variable scale was one of the most widely used tools for engineers and architects worldwide. Though calculators and computers have replaced it, Gerber’s scale was integral to the scientific advancements of the 20th century.
    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 2020 American Innovation Coins have uncirculated finishes and were minted at the Philadelphia and Denver Mints.
    The reverse depicts the Gerber Variable Scale being used to increase a geometric shape resembling the State of Connecticut by 200 percent.
    The obverse 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 edge-incused inscriptions are "2020," the mint mark, and "E PLURIBUS UNUM."