1 Dollar American Innovation - Ohio

Reverse

Two strong hands grasped together, the upper arm pulling the lower arm upward, representing the support and strength required by both parties on the Underground Railroad. A chain fastened to a rustic shackle around the lower arm's wrist snaps and fragments, alluding to the hope of freedom.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
OHIO
BZ
SCL

Engraver: Stephen Layne

Designer: Beth Zaiken

Edge

The year of minting (2023), mintmark and the inscription “E PLURIBUS UNUM” and stars are incused on the edge of the coins.

Script: Latin

Lettering: 2023 P E PLURIBUS UNUM

Translation: Out of many, one.

Comment

The American Innovation $1 Coin representing Ohio honors the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was a loose and decentralized network of individuals, families, friends, and churches that covertly helped slaves escape to freedom. The National Park Service recognizes over a dozen routes through Ohio which stand as monuments to fleeing slaves and those who helped them along their way.

Other states had active lines within the informal Underground Railroad network, but Ohio’s role was pivotal. Ohio was the southernmost free state that bordered the northernmost slave states of Kentucky and (then) Virginia. It had an estimated 3,000 miles of trails throughout the state with safe houses, or “stations,” that aided the runaways’ flights to freedom.

Interesting fact

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2023 D		-	-	-	-	-	-
2023 P		-	-	-	-	-	-
2023 S		-	-	-	-	-	-

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