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

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

#51

What happened to Trump promising to cancel the penny? It was a genuinely good idea that should have carried on to the nickel and dime. (I’m divided on $1 and $2 coins.)

Treasury stopped minting it reportedly back in May of this year. It’s officially still valid denomination and with tons in circulation, it’s doubtful it will be going away anytime soon.

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

#54

Why Steve Jobs and not the Apple II? Or even the iPhone? Alternatively why not Seymour Cray instead of the Cray-1? Or why not use one side for the inventor and the other side for the invention? Jobs sitting there in an empty field just throws the whole set for me.

The title was editorialized and not accurate. These are two separate coins celebrating innovations in their respectable states.

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

#57

What happened to Trump promising to cancel the penny? It was a genuinely good idea that should have carried on to the nickel and dime. (I’m divided on $1 and $2 coins.)

Treasury stopped minting it reportedly back in May of this year. It’s officially still valid denomination and with tons in circulation, it’s doubtful it will be going away anytime soon.

It looks like they’ll stop minting in “early 2026,” when they run out of blanks [1].

[1] https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/5554660-dont...

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

#58

It's not a major deal as nobody will use them, but it's strange to have a company on US legal tender. I wonder what percent of the run Cray will buy?

There isn’t a company on the coins, just the supercomputer device itself.

The Jobs coin has Jobs himself.

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

#60

Hmm.. I would’ve preferred Wozniak. They got the wrong Steve.

I mean we're talking about a country which boils down to "What would happen if we maximized capitalism with no regard for other things?", and while I both admire and despise Steve Jobs, he feels like the perfect individual to put on a US coin.
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