The U.S. Mint's American Innovation series Vermont $1 coin featuring a snowboarder in honor of ... [+]
Fans of snowboarding put their money where their mouth is when the new U.S. Mint Vermont dollar coin featuring a snowboarder was released earlier this week.
The 2022 coin, which was a collaboration with Burton Snowboards and Vermont governor Phil Scott going back to 2020, was designed as part of the U.S. Mint’s American Innovation series, honoring innovators with $1 coins from each U.S. state as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands and Northern Mariana Islands.
Snowboarding may not have been invented in Vermont, but Jake Burton Carpenter did more than arguably anyone to grow it when he founded Burton Snowboards in a Vermont barn in 1977.
Though Burton died in 2019, his legacy lives on through Burton, which owns roughly a third of the global snowboarding market and endeavors to grow the sport and make it more accessible with events like Culture Shifters.
STOWE, VT - DECEMBER 15: Snowboard designer Jake Burton stands with one of his boards in Stowe, VT ... [+]
“While the concept of riding a board downhill on snow has existed since at least the 1920s, and perhaps for centuries before, snowboarding’s technological development and transformation from a novel recreation to a worldwide phenomenon are tied closely to the state of Vermont,” a post sharing the news on Burton’s Instagram read.
The coin, which features a female snowboarder doing a melon grab against a snowy backdrop of Vermont’s peaks, was available on the U.S. Mint website in a 100-coin bag ($117.50) and a 25-coin roll ($34.50) from both the Denver and Philadelphia Mints.
The heads side of the American Innovation series coins features a representation of the Statue of Liberty with the inscription “In God We Trust” and the $1 denomination, as well as a privy mark of a stylized gear representing industry and innovation.
All options sold out almost immediately after Burton shared the news.
While plans to mint more coins have not been shared, those interested can sign up for email restock notifications on the U.S. Mint website. Of course, as with any limited-release item, resellers have also made the coins available on sites like eBay.
