The 2025 Michigan Innovation dollar is the newest product available now in 25-coin rolls and 100-coin bags from the United States Mint. It features a design honoring Ransom Olds’ assembly line concept.
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This is the latest release from the U.S. Mint’s American Innovation® $1 Coin Program, the second of four designs scheduled for this year, and the 26th issue overall.
“The assembly line revolutionized the auto industry and changed the business and manufacturing world,” said Kristie McNally, Acting Director of the Mint. “It also influenced shipbuilding and aircraft production during World War II. We are honored to celebrate this major achievement with this coin.”
Design for the Michigan Innovation Dollar
Appearing on the new dollar’s reverse (tails side) is a design featuring auto workers assembling cars, honoring Ransom Olds’ pioneering patent for the assembly line concept. It shows the body of a car being lowered onto the frame – an innovation that predates Henry Ford’s system. Inscriptions read “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” “MICHIGAN,” and “AUTOMOTIVE ASSEMBLY LINE.” U.S. Mint Artistic Infusion Program artist Ron Sanders created the design, with sculpting by Mint Medallic Artist John P. McGraw.
The obverse (heads side) features a likeness of the Statue of Liberty, designed by Justin Kunz and sculpted by Phebe Hemphill. It includes the inscriptions “IN GOD WE TRUST” and “$1.”
This same image of the Statue of Liberty appears on all American Innovation $1 Coins, though the stylized gear privy mark changes slightly each year.
All dollars in the series also feature incused edge inscriptions showing the year of minting, the mint mark, and the phrase “E PLURIBUS UNUM.”
Prices, Ordering and Product Limits
25-coin rolls of the Michigan Innovation dollars are available for $36.25 and 100-coin bags for $123.50. Each option contains circulation-quality coins struck at Philadelphia or Denver Mints – buyer’s choice.
The U.S. Mint online store dedicated to American Innovation products is the place to order the new dollars.
Production is limited to 8,900 rolls from Philadelphia and 7,850 rolls from Denver, along with 3,650 bags from Philadelphia and 3,450 from Denver. An initial household order limit of 10 per product applies.
American Innovation Dollars for 2025
Launched in 2018 with a single inaugural coin commemorating George Washington’s role in signing the first U.S. patent, the American Innovation $1 Coin Program has issued four new designs annually ever since. The program honors innovations or innovators from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
The four 2025 Innovation dollars include:
- Arkansas $1 Coin – Honoring Raye Montague and her computer-designed ship
- Florida $1 Coin – Celebrating the Space Shuttle program
- Michigan $1 Coin – Highlighting Ransom Olds’ assembly line concept
- Texas $1 Coin – Recognizing NASA’s Mission Control at Houston’s Johnson Space Center
In addition to rolls and bags, the $1 coins also appear in other numismatic products such as proof and reverse proof sets.