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US Mint Honors Cray-1 with 2026 Innovation Coin

10/18/2025

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The United States Mint unveiled the 2026 American Innovation $1 Coin Program design featuring Cray-1 to honor Wisconsin, where Cray Research was founded by Seymour Cray and Lester Davis.
The design shows an aerial view of the Cray-1, highlighting its shape and significance.
The Cray-1 sold 80 units and was the first supercomputer to use vector processing.
The coin was designed by Paul Romano and sculpted by John P. McGraw.

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The United States Mint unveiled the 2026 American Innovation $1 Coin Program design featuring Cray-1 to honor Wisconsin, where Cray Research was founded by Seymour Cray and Lester Davis.
The design shows an aerial view of the Cray-1, highlighting its shape and significance.
The Cray-1 sold 80 units and was the first supercomputer to use vector processing.
The coin was designed by Paul Romano and sculpted by John P. McGraw.