are these meant for regular circulation or are these "collection items"? (Im not from the US, so Im not aware of local specifics)
They're very popular in Ecuador (along with locally minted coins)
Steve Jobs and Cray-1 to be featured on 2026 American Innovations $1 coin
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#112> Mobile Refrigeration — Minnesota The logistical chain for keeping products products is really interesting: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_chain Besides food, another area where it is critical is pharmaceuticals.
During the pandemic there was controversy about who received Moderna/Phizer vs who received J&J's vaccine. They were giving black neighborhoods J&J because it didn't have as strict refrigeration requirements, and a lot of black neighborhoods don't have a nearby pharmacy which can store the vaccines. J&J was thought to be less effective and had a higher rate of vaccine injury though.
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#113Cray-1 - half computer (inner circle), half seating (outer circle).
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#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
The title was editorialized and not accurate. These are two separate coins celebrating innovations in their respectable states.
Sure. But why does one coin have a person and the other have an invention? Why not inventions for both or people for both?
bc theyre going for the aspect of the innovation that the most people in the relevant political constituencies will recognize. in some cases the inventor, in others the invention.
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#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
Weird design. The side with "Liberty" has the face of Donald Trump and "1776–2026", but he isn't dead. Oh ...
As someone living in Europe, I know it’s perfectly normal to have living monarchs on coins. It’s only normal people who have to be dead before getting on them.
In America, living monarchs also get a coin.
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#116It'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.
The device is followed by the word "Cray" and overall it's similar enough to their trademarked logo I imagine I'd get in trouble if I tried to use it.
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#117Why 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.
Why not Wozniak (probably still alive), or Shannon (I'd vote for him), Convey, Knut, Reed, Solomon, Thompson, Ritchie, Kernighan, etc? Why it is a CEO? Why Jobs and Edison? It is just how it is...
Why not the inventors of the transistor?
Anyway, at least I'm happy the Nobel prize committee isn't based in the US. Otherwise we'd soon see the Nobel prize for advertising.
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#118Re: Steve Jobs and Cray-1 to be featured on 2026 American Innovations $1 coin
#119are these meant for regular circulation or are these "collection items"? (Im not from the US, so Im not aware of local specifics)
The answer is an awkward "yes" They are "designed" for circulation, but only ever get sold as collectors items. Banks won't stock them but you can order rolls or bags of them from the US mint for a little over face value (I ordered a roll of the space shuttle ones to the UK) I'm not sure what stops the USA using dollar coins in circulation, I assume there's no legal requirement for banks to stock them? (The fact that…
>I'm not sure what stops the USA using dollar coins in circulation,
We have a dollar bill
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#120Hmm.. I would’ve preferred Wozniak. They got the wrong Steve.
Woz is awesome and as an engineer I understand the urge to say he’s the main one who should be honored but we have to be realistic. Jobs ushered in 2 eras, only 1 with Woz. The personal computer and the computer in everyone’s pocket. That’s not touching any of the other areas like helping to drive Pixar. Woz did not have a second act, which is perfectly fine and I deeply respect him but he doesn’t have quite the same…
Woz is a genius who invented the personal computer as we know it.
Jobs was a celebrity who was good at branding himself as a genius.
I don't consider a clever UI idea like a touch screen to be a work of brilliance, especially since he did zero engineering work, both for early and later Apple devices. Touch screen handheld devices would've come around with or without him, just maybe a few years later.
It should've been Woz.