These are for best condition coins i found out of 400 coins.

You will receive a total of 4 coins.


What you get is P mint position A and B, D mint position A and B of each of the following coins:

2024:

Maine – Release date: On Hand

As always all coins will be flipped and labeled. 


We do sort through the coins for condition and only 5-10% of the coins make it into the best category, 65-85% make the #2 category, and 10-25% just simply go into circulation. 

In this batch of Maine out of 100 possible sets, I found 6 sets in the best category, 67 in the #2 category(which are in a separate listing), and rest will go to the bank.

In the batch of Illinois out of 100 possible sets, I found 7 sets in the best category, 64 in the #2 category(which are in a separate listing), and rest will go to the bank.

I flip all the coins with half flip so you can make out the edge lettering. I also flip them so the edge lettering is always right side up when looking from the labeled side. So 2 with be obverse to the front and 2 will be reverse to the front.

Position A and B has to do with the edge lettering, basically the edge lettering is right side up or upside down.

Coins will be mailed in a #10 legal envelope and has eBay tracking information.

They will be marked as shipped with 24hrs before taking them to USPS.


Other options are available at additional cost.

Feel free to contact us with any questions.


American Innovation® $1 Coin – Maine


Background

The American Innovation $1 Coin representing Maine honors Dr. Bernard Lown and his invention of the direct current defibrillator.

Dr. Bernard Lown was a Lithuanian-American cardiologist who was a pioneer in the research of sudden cardiac death. In 1962, Dr. Lown, in cooperation with engineer Baruch Berkovitz, developed a new method for correcting dangerously abnormal heart rhythms, called fibrillations. At the time, fibrillations were believed to be responsible for 40 percent of fatal heart attacks in the United States every year.

Dr. Lown’s device used direct current precisely timed to certain points in the heartbeat’s cycle. He administered jolts through the chest walls of 11 patients, some near death, and restored normal heartbeats to all. He had the device manufactured by the American Optical Company, and by 1964, thousands of hospitals were equipped with the device.

This breakthrough became a lifesaving technique used worldwide. It led to new cardiac resuscitation techniques and technological developments, including modern pacemakers and defibrillators implanted in the chests of heart patients that automatically detect and correct abnormal rhythms.


Characteristics

The obverse (heads) design features a dramatic representation of the Statue of Liberty in profile. The obverse also includes a privy mark of a stylized gear, representing industry and innovation.

The reverse (tails) design presents a profile portrait of Dr. Bernard Lown with his direct current defibrillator in operation below.

Reverse Inscriptions

  • UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  • BERNARD LOWN, M.D.
  • DIRECT CURRENT DEFIBRILLATOR
  • MAINE

Incused (edge) Inscriptions

  • 2024
  • Mint mark
  • E PLURIBUS UNUM

Specifications

CompositionWeightDiameterThicknessEdgeFinishes
Manganese-Brass
88.5% Cu
6% Zn
3.5% Mn
2% Ni
8.1 g