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2019 Certified Proof and Reverse Proof Delaware American Innovation Dollars Classifying the Stars
The United States Mint American Innovation $1 Coin Program is a multi-year series honoring innovation and innovators with $1 coins from each State, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Northern Mariana Islands.
The American Innovation Dollar obverse design features a dramatic representation of the Statue of Liberty in profile with the inscriptions IN GOD WE TRUST and $1. The design also includes a privy mark of a stylized gear, representing industry and innovation. The edge-incused inscriptions are 2019, S mint mark, and E PLURIBUS UNUM.
The 2019 United States Mint American Innovation $1 Proof and Reverse Proof  Delaware  reverse side recognizes astronomer Annie Jump Cannon, who developed a system for classifying the stars that is still used today. This design features a silhouette of Cannon against the night sky, with a number of stars visible. The inscriptions are UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ANNIE JUMP CANNON, CLASSIFYING THE STARS, and DELAWARE.