Love the idea, but hope that’s not the final design. 😅
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California Nominates Steve Jobs for $1 American Innovation Coin
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Very sad he died so young. Well deserved award.
I miss seeing Steve’s name in the MacRumors headlines… Those were the days.
It should be Steve Wozniak on that coin, not Steve Jobs. Wozniak single-handedly invented the personal computer as we know it.
You can order from the mint or purchase off eBay. 4 new coins a year until the year 2032
They had other designs that are better. I’m surprised they went with this one.
I remember the day he died. My local Apple Store became a shrine with flowers and candles outside and hand written messages on post it notes all over the glass panels. It was quite a sight to see.
JO invented the news paper scramble words, "Steve Jobs!"; "copycat!" from JO named it "Core logic" that leaded to ... Home Computer.
He’s not. In all probability the Governor quickly reviewed the proposed coin, signed off on the design, and (after about 3 total minutes) moved onto his next task. He had only 2 choices: ~3 minutes of his time or no California $1 coin. California will easily get more benefits from having a $1 coin than not — more tourists spending more money in California, in particular.
Thanks to Governor Newsom for spending a couple minutes to approve and forward this coin design. It’s an excellent choice.
I'm in. I worked for Apple for 11 years, during the time Jobs came back to lead his baby until his death in 2011. I think he is THE most transformative figure in 20th century America life. And pretty much everywhere else. I can't think of anyone who had a larger influence in the way we live our lives today. Not everyone drives a car, not everyone flies on planes, no one can explain quantum theory that I could understand. But everyone has a smartphone, and most of them are iPhones. On top of that, the iPad has become pervasive pretty much everywhere, from POS terminals at family restaurants to your doctors' offices. The Apple Watch is the perfect companion to the iPhone, and adds biometric analysis that can be an important addition to your overall health and fitness regimen. And on and on. Apple is in my mind the greatest company in the world, in product, service and corporate responsibility both to customers and employees.
I just wish they'd make the coin the same size as the old Eisenhower silver dollars, and offer the option to have it in silver for collectors. I'm sure getting a roll the day they come out.
I just wish they'd make the coin the same size as the old Eisenhower silver dollars, and offer the option to have it in silver for collectors. I'm sure getting a roll the day they come out.
I admire Woz, and he played an important role in computing history. But inventors at Commodore, Tandy (Radio Shack), and many others played important, contemporaneous roles too. Woz is also still alive, and almost always you must be deceased to appear on currency and postage stamps. I’m sure he’d rather be alive.
The U.S. Mint assuredly has many typographical requirements (for many sensible reasons) that all the states must follow. While it might’ve been nice to use a ~1984 Macintosh typeface, that’d be a nonstarter for minting a circulating coin like this one. For example, it’s highly likely some of the counterfeit detection techniques lean on aspects of the standard typeface. Also, it’s more expensive to mint a coin with a nonstandard typeface, and the U.S. Mint can’t spend money it isn’t authorized to spend. And circulating currency must have “controlled variability.” It cannot look even slightly like monopoly money. That’s especially true of circulating U.S. currency which is used globally.
I like the idea but the coin shows an older Jobs after he did the things that Newson describes.
But on the other hand, when I look at coins and paper money the person is always shown later in life. Is this a tradition of some kind?
But on the other hand, when I look at coins and paper money the person is always shown later in life. Is this a tradition of some kind?
Texas's coin has a NASA astronaut during a space walk at the ISS. The design was picked for Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The first designs submitted, showing the complex, were too boring, so eventually they turned their eyes toward the stars.
Yes, but it’s a natural byproduct of the fact deceased people appear on U.S. currency and postage stamps. Thus the “senior” visages dominate. The Shirley Temple postage stamp is one notable exception for obvious reasons.
A Long time ago The "New" Pork no New York coin had a Hole, Texas should! no I vote for the Hole in $1 in American Innovation Coin.
Out of curiosity, is there anyone at Apple you do like? We know you don't like Cook & now it seems that Jobs is no good.
These are commemorative coins, and they use all kinds of nonstandard designs and a variety of typefaces. Texas even uses a typeface reminiscent of the mid-'70s NASA logo.
I really love the work Steve Jobs did at Apple. Jobs was a true visionary (unlike Tim Cook, who is a soulless beancounter). I wish Jobs were still CEO, or I wish he had made Scott Forstall CEO because Forstall was the most Jobs-like person at Apple. But in terms of innovation, Steve Wozniak is more important than Steve Jobs. Wozniak single-handedly invented the personal computer as we know it. That was the Apple I. By inventing the personal computer, Woz made a far bigger impact on the world than Jobs ever did.