2022-D Vermont: Snowboarding Innovation Dollar
Circulation strike struck at the Denver Mint · 452,875 made
- Mintage
- 452,875
- 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-D Vermont: Snowboarding 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 2022-D Vermont: Snowboarding Innovation Dollar rare?
- Yes. Only 452,875 were made, 21st lowest of the 58 regular issues in the series.
- Is the 2022-D Vermont: Snowboarding 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 2022 American Innovation Dollar?
- On the edge, incused with the date. On this coin the mark is D, for Denver.
- How many 2022-D Vermont: Snowboarding Innovation Dollar coins were made?
- 452,875.
What to check on your 2022-D
- Make sure the mint mark really is a D. A worn or filled mark can be misread. It's what separates your coin from the 2022-P (454,275 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 2022-S Vermont: Snowboarding Innovation Dollar Proof (86,195 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 2022-D Vermont: Snowboarding
Denver made 452,875 of the Vermont: Snowboarding innovation dollar. Among the 4 designs of 2022 it was the second smallest Denver run, between Kentucky: Kentucky bluegrass (452,625) and Rhode Island: Reliance yacht (453,775).
Philadelphia struck a similar number of the same design (454,275), so neither mint's version is much harder to find.
Across the whole program it sits 14th of 29 Denver designs by mintage, where the scarcest is Georgia: Trustees' Garden at 368,475.
More on the 2022-D
Denver made 452,875 Vermont snowboarding dollars, about 1,400 fewer than Philadelphia's 454,275. That places the Vermont D third of the four Denver issues of 2022, ahead only of Kentucky at 452,625. The year's mintages were so close that collectors treat all eight coins as equally available, so don't let anyone tell you the Denver Vermont is scarce.
Vermont's ski areas were among the first to open their lifts to snowboarders in the 1980s, back when many resorts still banned them. That early welcome is part of why the sport's growth is so closely tied to the state. The rider in midair is the focal point of the reverse. The board, glove and helmet are the highest points of the figure, so check them for small nicks before anything else. The diagonal motion lines also show strike quality: they should be clean and continuous on a good Denver coin. A typical example is worth face value, perhaps a small premium.
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 Vermont: Snowboarding design
Vermont's 2022 dollar recognizes snowboarding, a sport whose growth owes much to the state. Jake Burton Carpenter began building snowboards in Vermont in 1977. His company helped turn a backyard pastime into a mainstream winter sport, which joined the Winter Olympics in 1998. The reverse shows a young snowboarder in midair performing a melon grab against a mountainous winter skyline, with diagonal lines and curves suggesting speed. Justin Kunz designed it and Craig Campbell 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 | Denver Mint |
| Mint mark | "D" |
| Strike type | Circulation strike |
| Mintage | 452,875 |
| 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.