The 2025 American Innovation Dollar - Arkansas from the Philadelphia Mint is the first Innovation Dollar release for 2025. The reverse (tails side) of the coin features Raye Montague (1935–2018), an African-American Engineer from Little Rock Arkansas who revolutionized ship designing for the US Navy.
Why was Raye Montague special? She designed the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate using early and, by today's standard's, primitive computer design software. Raye Montague began working for the Navy as a typist but quickly demonstrated her technical acumen and rose to become a computer systems engineer. She is also credited with being the first person to design a Navy ship using computer software in an expedited manner. This approach was able to transform a multi-year process to just days. This approach would prove to be essential during the Cold War when expedited ship production was in high demand from the US Navy.
A stunning Statue of Liberty design features on the obverse of the cion. Each of these coins are in brilliant uncirculated condition and are limited release from the US Mint.
Product Code: 2025PARK
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