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Steve Jobs and the Cray-1 Supercomputer Will Be on US Dollar Coins

You can pocket a coin with the Apple co-founders' likeness in 2026.

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Soon, you may be able to display your oldest iPhone alongside a coin showing the man whose company invented the device.

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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs appears on a $1 coin coming in 2026, but good luck getting one for a dollar.

US Mint

The United States Mint has unveiled four designs for the 2026 American Innovation $1 Coin Program. You'll spot Apple co-founder Steve Jobs pictured on one of those commemorative coins. In the design, a young Jobs wears a turtleneck and sits cross-legged in front of a Northern California landscape of rolling hills and oak trees.


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The Jobs coin is part of a series dating back to 2018. These coins are unlikely to be in regular circulation and even less likely to be available at your bank for a dollar. They are legal tender but also collectible.

Previous American Innovation commemorative dollar coins have been sold by the mint for $13.25 or more in a special display booklet. 

A representative for the US Mint did not respond to a request for comment.

The quartet of new designs honors innovators from Iowa, Wisconsin, California and Minnesota. 

  • California: Honors co-founder and CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs
  • Wisconsin: Honors the Cray-1 supercomputer, designed by Seymour Cray
  • Iowa coin: Honors Dr. Norman Borlaug, agricultural scientist named "the father of the Green Revolution"
  • Minnesota: Honors mobile refrigeration, invented and patented by Frederick McKinley Jones

On the alternate side, each American Innovation $1 coin includes a representation of the Statue of Liberty.