O nouă monedă comemorativă americană - 30.09.2020

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The one dollar coin from the "American Innovation" series representing the State of South Carolina honors educator and civil rights activist Septima Poinsette Clark. This coin, the ninth in the series, will be issued in circulation quality by the United States Mint on November 23.

Born in 1898 in Charleston, South Carolina, Septima Clark was an American educator and civil rights activist. Clark developed the literacy and citizenship workshops that played an important role in the campaign for voting rights and civil rights for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement.

Septima Clark's work was commonly underestimated by southern male activists. She was known as the "Queen Mother" or "Grandmother" of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Martin Luther King, Jr. referred to Clark as "The Mother of the Movement." The argument Clark defended in the Civil Rights Movement was one that asserted that "knowledge could empower marginalized groups in ways that formal legal equality could not."

He helped establish the first Citizenship Schools, teaching literacy and citizenship rights, and helped establish local leaders for the Civil Rights Movement. Teaching people to read and understand the Constitution helped black citizens pass the literacy tests that were used to disenfranchise black voters. 

The reverse design shows Septima Clark marching with three young African American students carrying books and an American flag, representing that education and literacy among oppressed people is necessary for development and the enjoyment of civil rights. The legends on the coin are: "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA", "SEPTIMA CLARK" and "SOUTH CAROLINA.

Designer: Justin Kunz
Sculptor-Engraver: Phebe Hemphill 

 

Designed by Justin Kunz and engraved by Phebe Hemphill, the obverse features the same design common to the entire series, featuring the image of the Statue of Liberty in profile and the inscriptions "$ 1" and "IN GOD WE TRUST" (IN GOD WE TRUST). 

 

The coins of this series show the year of minting or issue, the mint mark and the text “E PLURIBUS UNUM” (of many, one) on the edge of the coins.

Characteristics of the coin

Denomination: 1 dollar
Composition: Zinc, Manganese, Nickel and Copper
Weight: 8.1 grams
Diameter: 26.5 mm
Singing: With inscriptions
Mint marks: Philadelphia - P

Denver - D
San Francisco - S


Apart from this, there is a Proof version and a Reverse Proof (the background is matte while the engraved relief shines with a glass enamel), both minted by the San Francisco Mint, with the mint mark S. 

 

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