2020-S South Carolina: Septima Clark Innovation Dollar Proof
Proof struck at the San Francisco Mint · 108,400 made
- Mintage
- 108,400
- 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-S South Carolina: Septima Clark Innovation Dollar Proof worth?
Age alone gives this coin a small premium, even worn. Sharp details and original surfaces push it higher.
What would make yours worth more:
- Grade and, for proofs, strong cameo contrast
- A die variety or minting error
For market prices, check recent sold results for certified coins in the same grade.
Quick answers
- Is the 2020-S South Carolina: Septima Clark Innovation Dollar Proof rare?
- Not especially. The Mint made 108,400 for collectors. Most were kept in their original packaging.
- Is the 2020-S South Carolina: Septima Clark 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 2020 American Innovation Dollar?
- On the edge, incused with the date. On this coin the mark is S, for San Francisco.
- How many 2020-S South Carolina: Septima Clark Innovation Dollar proofs were made?
- 108,400.
What to check on your 2020-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 2020-D (397,800 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 2020 come with and without frosted devices. Coins with strong contrast are labeled Cameo or Deep Cameo and are worth more.
The story of the 2020-S South Carolina: Septima Clark
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 | San Francisco Mint |
| Mint mark | "S" |
| Strike type | Proof |
| Mintage | 108,400 |
| 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.