2022-S Kentucky: Kentucky bluegrass Innovation Dollar Proof
Proof struck at the San Francisco Mint · 86,195 made
- Mintage
- 86,195
- 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 2022-S Kentucky: Kentucky bluegrass Innovation Dollar Proof worth?
Collectors pay a real premium for this date, worn or not, because far fewer were made than usual. Uncirculated pieces go much higher.
What would make yours worth more:
- Grade and, for proofs, strong cameo contrast
- 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 2022-S Kentucky: Kentucky bluegrass Innovation Dollar Proof rare?
- Fairly. The Mint made 86,195 for collectors. Most were kept in their original packaging.
- Is the 2022-S Kentucky: Kentucky bluegrass Innovation Dollar Proof 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 2022 American Innovation Dollar?
- On the edge, incused with the date. On this coin the mark is S, for San Francisco.
- How many 2022-S Kentucky: Kentucky bluegrass Innovation Dollar proofs were made?
- 86,195.
What to check on your 2022-S
- Make sure the mint mark really is an S. A worn or filled mark can be misread. It's what separates your coin from the 2022-P (451,900 made).
- 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.
Proofs from 2022 come with and without frosted devices. Coins with strong contrast are labeled Cameo or Deep Cameo and are worth more.
The story of the 2022-S Kentucky: Kentucky bluegrass
Elsewhere in US coinage in 2022
The American Women quarters program began, alongside a new obverse portrait of Washington by Laura Gardin Fraser.
How to recognize it
The Kentucky: Kentucky bluegrass design
Despite the name, Kentucky's 2022 dollar honors bluegrass music rather than the grass. The genre takes its name from Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys. Monroe was born in Rosine, Kentucky, in 1911 and shaped a style built on fast tempos, high vocal harmonies and acoustic string instruments. The reverse shows a banjo tilted diagonally to suggest the rhythm and drive of the music, with the inscriptions BLUEGRASS and KENTUCKY. Christina Hess designed the reverse and Renata Gordon 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 | 2022 |
| Mint | San Francisco Mint |
| Mint mark | "S" |
| Strike type | Proof |
| Mintage | 86,195 |
| 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 2022 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.