Steve Jobs and Cray-1 to be featured on 2026 American Innovations $1 coin

#1

Post by maguay » Thu, Oct 16, 2025, 6:39 AM UTC

Steve Jobs and Cray-1 to be featured on 2026 American Innovations $1 coin
usmint.gov

Re: Steve Jobs and Cray-1 to be featured on 2026 American Innovations $1 coin

#2

Post by aanet » Thu, Oct 16, 2025, 7:42 AM UTC

That Steve Jobs coin really looks cool. It's the sculpture of him sitting cross-legged, surrounded by hills of Silicon Valley.

I wonder if these coins are available for purchase by the general public? anybody know?

Re: Steve Jobs and Cray-1 to be featured on 2026 American Innovations $1 coin

#3

Post by derektank » Thu, Oct 16, 2025, 7:46 AM UTC

aanet wrote: post #2

That Steve Jobs coin really looks cool. It's the sculpture of him sitting cross-legged, surrounded by hills of Silicon Valley. I wonder if these coins are available for purchase by the general public? anybody know?

The 2025 set is available directly from the US mint. Presumably the 2026 set will be available next year

https://www.usmint.gov/coins/coin-programs/american-innovati...

Re: Steve Jobs and Cray-1 to be featured on 2026 American Innovations $1 coin

#4

Post by cjk » Thu, Oct 16, 2025, 7:47 AM UTC

aanet wrote: post #2

That Steve Jobs coin really looks cool. It's the sculpture of him sitting cross-legged, surrounded by hills of Silicon Valley. I wonder if these coins are available for purchase by the general public? anybody know?

Yes, the US Mint sells all of the coins in the American Innovation set to the public. Previous years’ coins can still be bought if they are not sold out.

Re: Steve Jobs and Cray-1 to be featured on 2026 American Innovations $1 coin

#5

Post by derektank » Thu, Oct 16, 2025, 7:48 AM UTC

I love how much Iowa embraces the man who saved a billion lives. He's also one of their two representatives in the National Statuary Hall Collection

Re: Steve Jobs and Cray-1 to be featured on 2026 American Innovations $1 coin

#6

Post by dudeinjapan » Thu, Oct 16, 2025, 7:48 AM UTC

Steve should be meditating in a walled garden.

Re: Steve Jobs and Cray-1 to be featured on 2026 American Innovations $1 coin

#7

Post by lelandfe » Thu, Oct 16, 2025, 7:54 AM UTC

derektank wrote: post #5

I love how much Iowa embraces the man who saved a billion lives. He's also one of their two representatives in the National Statuary Hall Collection

If you haven’t read it, I loved The Wizard and the Prophet and think about it a lot

Re: Steve Jobs and Cray-1 to be featured on 2026 American Innovations $1 coin

#8

Post by yesbut » Thu, Oct 16, 2025, 7:57 AM UTC

[flagged]

Re: Steve Jobs and Cray-1 to be featured on 2026 American Innovations $1 coin

#9

Post by ta12653421 » Thu, Oct 16, 2025, 8:10 AM UTC

are these meant for regular circulation or are these "collection items"?

(Im not from the US, so Im not aware of local specifics)

Re: Steve Jobs and Cray-1 to be featured on 2026 American Innovations $1 coin

#10

Post by thaumasiotes » Thu, Oct 16, 2025, 8:14 AM UTC

ta12653421 wrote: post #9

are these meant for regular circulation or are these "collection items"? (Im not from the US, so Im not aware of local specifics)

If they're meant for regular circulation, the program is being led by a buffoon. $1 coins have failed to circulate every time they've been introduced.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_B._Anthony_dollar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacagawea_dollar

Dollars are worth a lot less now than they were. If vending machines start charging integer numbers of dollars, maybe dollar coins will catch on.