2020-P South Carolina: Septima Clark Innovation Dollar
Circulation strike struck at the Philadelphia Mint · 432,850 made
- Mintage
- 432,850
- Metal
- Manganese brass
- Weight
- 8.1 g
- Diameter
- 26.49 mm
Original illustration. Tap to flip. Not a photograph of the actual coin.
Face value · Metal value · Small premium · Collector premium · Significant rarity. We use bands because prices change daily.
What is a 2020-P South Carolina: Septima Clark Innovation Dollar worth?
It's scarcer than a typical date, so even circulated examples sell above face. The best uncirculated coins are where the money is.
What would make yours worth more:
- Uncirculated condition with full original luster
- A die variety or minting error
- Certification by PCGS or NGC, which buyers expect for scarce dates
For market prices, check recent sold results for certified coins in the same grade.
Quick answers
- Is the 2020-P South Carolina: Septima Clark Innovation Dollar rare?
- Yes. Only 432,850 were made, 9th lowest of the 58 regular issues in the series.
- Is the 2020-P South Carolina: Septima Clark Innovation Dollar silver?
- No. It's manganese brass (88.5% copper, 6% zinc, 3.5% manganese, 2% nickel). Circulating silver dollars ended with the 1935 Peace dollar. Some Eisenhower dollars with an S mint mark were made in 40% silver for collectors, but circulation Ike dollars are copper-nickel clad.
- Where is the mint mark on a 2020 American Innovation Dollar?
- On the edge, incused with the date. On this coin the mark is P, for Philadelphia.
- How many 2020-P South Carolina: Septima Clark Innovation Dollar coins were made?
- 432,850.
What to check on your 2020-P
- Make sure the mint mark really is a P. A worn or filled mark can be misread. It's what separates your coin from the 2020-D (397,800 made).
- Check the date and mint mark under magnification for tooling or added letters. Scarce dates are the ones forgers alter.
- Proof or circulation strike? A proof has mirror-like fields and frosted design details and was sold to collectors, not released in change. The 2020-S South Carolina: Septima Clark Innovation Dollar Proof (108,400 made) is the one to compare with.
- Judge the grade under good light. These are sold in rolls, bags and sets, so most survive uncirculated. Value depends on luster and freedom from marks.
Low-mintage dates attract altered and counterfeit coins. Check that the mint mark and date have not been tooled or added, or buy one already certified by PCGS or NGC.
The story of the 2020-P South Carolina: Septima Clark
Philadelphia made 432,850 of the South Carolina: Septima Clark innovation dollar. That was the smallest Philadelphia run of the 4 designs issued in 2020, so it's the one from that year you're least likely to find in change.
Denver struck a similar number of the same design (397,800), so neither mint's version is much harder to find.
Across the whole program it's one of the Philadelphia designs made in the smallest numbers, 3rd from the bottom of 29.
Elsewhere in US coinage in 2020
West Point again struck quarters with a W mint mark for circulation, this time on all five 2020 designs.
How to recognize it
The South Carolina: Septima Clark design
Septima Poinsette Clark, a Charleston educator and civil rights activist, is honored on South Carolina's 2020 dollar. After losing her teaching job in 1956 because of her NAACP membership, she developed citizenship schools that taught Black adults to read so they could register to vote. The program spread widely across the South during the civil rights movement. The reverse shows Clark marching with three young students carrying books and an American flag, with the inscription SEPTIMA CLARK. Justin Kunz designed it and Phebe Hemphill sculpted it.
The American Innovation Dollar design
The obverse shows the Statue of Liberty in profile with IN GOD WE TRUST and $1. Each reverse honors an innovation or innovator from one state or territory, issued in the order the states joined the Union. The date, mint mark and E PLURIBUS UNUM are lettered on the edge, which is where to look for the mint mark.
Mintage chart
Specifications
| Series | American Innovation Dollar (2018–present) |
|---|---|
| Year | 2020 |
| Mint | Philadelphia Mint |
| Mint mark | "P" |
| Strike type | Circulation strike |
| Mintage | 432,850 |
| Face value | $1 |
| Composition | Manganese brass (88.5% copper, 6% zinc, 3.5% manganese, 2% nickel) |
| Weight | 8.1 grams |
| Diameter | 26.49 mm |
| Edge | Lettered with the date, mint mark and E PLURIBUS UNUM |
| Designer | Various artists |
Other 2020 American Innovation Dollar issues
Mintage: American Innovation dollars (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0), compiled from US Mint records and the Guide Book of United States Coins. How we build these pages.