2019-D American Innovation $1 Polio Vaccine BU (PA)

Learn about the groundbreaking achievements of Dr. Jonas Salk with the 2019-D American Innovation $1 Polio Vaccine BU (PA). This U.S. Mint coin showcases Salk's development of the first polio vaccine, providing a safe and effective solution to a once-deadly disease. Add this coin from the multi-year American Innovation series to your collection now.

• Composed of outer layers of .770 copper, .120 zinc, .070 manganese and .040 nickel bonded to an inner core of pure copper.
• Individual coins are packaged in protective packaging.
• Obverse: Features the Statue of Liberty in profile with the inscriptions “IN GOD WE TRUST” and "$1" along with a privy mark of a stylized gear, representing industry and innovation.
• Reverse: An artist’s conception of the polio virus at three different levels of magnification along with a microscope and the inscriptions “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA”, and “POLIO VACCINE”, "1953" and "PENNSYLVANIA".
• Edge: Incused inscriptions; “2019,” “D” mint mark, and “E PLURIBUS UNUM”.
• Sovereign coin backed by the U.S. government.