The 2026 American Innovation $1 Coin project will honor former Apple CEO Steve Jobs with a dollar coin in his likeness that costs, at best, $1.55 apiece.
In 2018, the United States Mint announced that it would honor American innovation and the pioneering efforts of individuals or groups with $1 coins. Coins will be issued for each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the five U.S. territories.
This year, the Mint will issue a California coin, which will depict “a young Steve Jobs seated in front of a typical California landscape of oak-covered hills.” The Mint works directly with the office of the governor or other chief executive of each state, territory or city to determine both subject matter and design.
“Steve Jobs’ spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship embodied the best of California, creating the future we all know today,” Governor Newsom said in a press release Monday. “His tenacity and fearless pursuit of the California dream made so many American dreams possible. May we all try to fill his shoes as we seek our own California dreams.”
According to the Mint, the Secretary of the Treasury selects the final design of each coin.
“I am pleased to celebrate the release of the California American Innovation $1 coin,” said Mint Director Paul Hollis.
“Steve Jobs was a remarkable innovator and transformed the way the world connects and communicates,” Hollis said. “With this coin, the Mint honors his incredible work and recognizes his importance to both California and the United States.”
The design includes the inscriptions “Steve Jobs” and “Make Something Wonderful”. The latter is a nod to a broader phrase Jobs said during an internal communications meeting with Apple employees held on October 23, 2007, as noted by The Steve Jobs Archive.
The full quote, for those interested, is as follows:
There are many ways to be a person, and some people express their deep appreciation in different ways, but I believe that one of the ways people express their appreciation to the rest of humanity is by creating something wonderful and putting it out there.
Those interested in purchasing the coins can do so through the United States Mint website. Potential buyers can choose between a roll of 25 coins or a bag of 100 coins, and choose whether the coins are minted in Denver or Philadelphia.
A roll of parts, regardless of workshop location, will cost the buyer $61, or $2.44 each. A bag of coins will cost $154.50, or about $1.55 each.
Orders for bags of 100 pieces are limited to 10 per household. Roll orders are also limited to 10 per household.
The coins will go on sale on the United States Mint website beginning May 12, 2026. A total of 25,950 Steve Jobs dollar coins will be produced.
Previous states and their innovations include Pennsylvania and the polio vaccine, New Jersey and the light bulb, Ohio and the Underground Railroad, and Texas and the International Space Station. To date, 33 states have released or revealed coin designs.
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