Presidential dollar

Value side of the presidential dollar

President dollars ( english officially Presidential $ 1 Coin ), the coins worth one US dollar mentioned that from 2007 to 2016 as part of a series issued and gradually the portraits of all (late) President of the United States represent.

Output program

The program began in 2007. Every three months, another coin appeared with a portrait of a president on its face, in the order of the terms of office, starting with George Washington . Here, Grover Cleveland same mapped to two coins: As his two terms are not contiguous, it counts both as 22 and as the 24th President of the United States.

A stack of presidential dollars

The value side shows the Statue of Liberty , the value $ 1 and the country name United States of America . The marginal inscription includes the year of issue, the mint mark and the mottos E Pluribus Unum and In God We Trust . The otherwise existing on American coins legend "Liberty" ( "Freedom") , is missing because it is already represented by the image of the Statue of Liberty. On the coins minted since 2009, the motto In God We Trust is no longer on the edge, but on the face.

The issue of the coins was passed by law (Presidential $ 1 Coin Act of 2005) with the aim of increasing the circulation of one-dollar coins compared to one-dollar bills. Since the State Quarters program was well received by the population, it is hoped that the presidential series will increase the popularity of this coin value.

Unlike the State Quarters, this program does not replace the regular spending, the Sacagawea dollar . It was originally determined that at least one third of all dollar coins minted must be Sacagawea dollars. A change in the law in 2007 reduced this proportion to a fifth.

The law states that a president must be dead for at least two years before he can be honored on a coin. Since no other incumbent or past president died until 2014, the 2016 program ended with a coin for Ronald Reagan .

Overview of the coins

	president	Issue date	Embossing number	motive	Term of office
1.	George Washington	February 15, 2007	340,360,000		1789-1797
2.	John Adams	May 17, 2007	224,560,000		1797-1801
3.	Thomas Jefferson	August 16, 2007	203,610,000		1801-1809
4th	James Madison	November 15, 2007	172,340,000		1809-1817
5.	James Monroe	February 14, 2008	124,490,000		1817-1825
6th	John Quincy Adams	May 15, 2008	115,260,000		1825-1829
7th	Andrew Jackson	August 14, 2008	122,250,000		1829-1837
8th.	Martin Van Buren	November 13, 2008	102,480,000		1837-1841
9.	William Henry Harrison	February 19, 2009	98,420,000		1841
10.	John Tyler	May 21, 2009	87,080,000		1841-1845
11.	James K. Polk	August 20, 2009	88,340,000		1845-1849
12.	Zachary Taylor	November 19, 2009	78,260,000		1849-1850
13.	Millard Fillmore	February 18, 2010	74,480,000		1850-1853
14th	Franklin Pierce	May 20, 2010	76,580,000		1853-1857
15th	James Buchanan	August 19, 2010	73,360,000		1857-1861
16.	Abraham Lincoln	November 18, 2010	97,020,000		1861-1865
17th	Andrew Johnson	February 18, 2011	72,660,000		1865-1869
18th	Ulysses S. Grant	May 19, 2011	76,020,000		1869-1877
19th	Rutherford B. Hayes	August 18, 2011	74,480,000		1877-1881
20th	James A. Garfield	November 17, 2011	74,200,000		1881
21st	Chester A. Arthur	5th February 2012	8,820,000		1881-1885
22nd	Grover Cleveland	May 25, 2012	8,120,000		1885-1889
23.	Benjamin Harrison	August 16, 2012	9,882,000		1889-1893
24.	Grover Cleveland	November 15, 2012	13,942,000		1893-1897
25th	William McKinley	19th February 2013	8.125.100		1897-1901
26th	Theodore Roosevelt	April 11, 2013	9,230,700		1901-1909
27.	William Howard Taft	July 9, 2013	8,120,000		1909-1913
28.	Woodrow Wilson	17th October 2013	7,980,000		1913-1921
29	Warren G. Harding	February 6, 2014	9,940,000		1921-1923
30th	Calvin Coolidge	April 10, 2014	8,260,000		1923-1929
31.	Herbert Hoover	19th June 2014	8,260,000		1929-1933
32.	Franklin D. Roosevelt	August 28, 2014	8,680,000		1933-1945
33.	Harry S. Truman	5th February 2015	8,400,000		1945-1953
34.	Dwight D. Eisenhower	April 13, 2015	8,546,000		1953-1961
35.	John F. Kennedy	June 18, 2015	11,480,000		1961-1963
36.	Lyndon B. Johnson	August 18, 2015	9,100,000		1963-1969
37.	Richard Nixon	3rd February 2016	9,800,000		1969-1974
38.	Gerald Ford	March 8, 2016	10,500,000		1974-1977
40.	Ronald Reagan	5th july 2016	10,500,000		1981-1989

"First Spouse" program

The presidential wives were also honored on commemorative coins , namely on ten dollar gold coins. The coin is made from ½ ounce of 999 gold. These coins were issued in parallel with the presidential dollars. The law uses the gender-neutral designation “First Spouse” instead of “ First Lady ” because a man could have moved into the White House as the “first spouse” by the end of the program .

Director of the United States Mint , Edmund C. Moy and First Lady Laura Bush at the unveiling of Dolley Madison commemorative coin on 19 November 2007

On the face of the coin is a portrait of the First Lady, her name, her husband's tenure, and the slogans "In God We Trust" and "Liberty". On the back is a scene featuring her husband's work and life. There are also the words: "The United States of America", "E Pluribus Unum", "$ 10", "1/2 oz." and ".9999 Fine Gold".

If a president such as Thomas Jefferson did not have a spouse, an image of the Liberty of a coin of the time was used. An exception is suffragette Alice Paul , who represents the time of Chester A. Arthur's widowhood .

The law stipulates that the spouses' coins appear together with the respective president. Thus it would have been possible for a living person to be depicted on the coin.

The United States Mint also makes duplicates in bronze. However, these are not official means of payment.

	Surname	Backside design	Issue date	Initial issue price	Embossing number	front	back	Term of office
1	Martha Washington	Mrs. Washington sews. Around the picture the inscription "First Lady of the Continental Army ".	June 19, 2007	$ 429.95	19.167			1789-1797
2	Abigail Adams	Mrs. Adams is writing her letter "Remember the Ladies".	June 19, 2007	$ 429.95	17,149			1797-1801
3	Thomas Jefferson's Liberty	Jefferson's grave in Monticello .	August 30, 2007	$ 429.95	19.815			1801-1809
4th	Dolley Madison	Mrs. Madison poses in front of the Washington Lansdowne portrait.	November 19, 2007	$ 529.95	17.943			1809-1817
5	Elizabeth Monroe	Mrs. Monroe at the reopening of the White House in 1818	February 28, 2008	$ 619.95 *	7,800			1817-1825
6th	Louisa Adams	Mrs. Adams and her son Charles set out on the dangerous journey from Saint Petersburg to Paris in 1812 .	May 29, 2008	$ 619.95 *	6.581			1825-1829
7th	Andrew Jackson's Liberty	Jackson rides his horse "Old Hickory".	August 28, 2008	$ 619.95 *	7.684			1829-1837
8th	Martin Van Buren's Liberty	Van Buren reads Kinderhook in his home village .	November 25, 2008	$ 549.95	6.807			1837-1841
9	Anna Harrison	Mrs. Harrison reads to her children.	March 5, 2009	$ 629.00	6.251			1841
10	Letitia Tyler	Mrs. Tyler with her children at Cedar Grove Plantation	July 2, 2009	N / A	5.296			1841-1842
10A	Julia Tyler	Mr. and Mrs. Tyler are dancing.	August 6, 2009	N / A	4,844			1844-1845
11	Sarah Polk	Mr. and Mrs. Polk work together at the White House desk.	September 3, 2009	N / A	5.151			1845-1849
12	Margaret Taylor	Mrs. Taylor tends to a wounded soldier from the First Seminole War .	December 3, 2009	N / A	4.936			1849-1850
13	Abigail Fillmore	Mrs. Fillmore puts books in the White House Library , which she set up.	March 18, 2010	N / A	6.130			1850-1853
14th	Jane Pierce	Mrs. Pierce in the visitors' gallery of the Old Senate Chamber	June 3, 2010	N / A	4.775			1853-1857
15th	James Buchanan's Liberty	Buchanan works as an accountant in the family business.	September 2, 2010	N / A	7.110			1857-1861
16	Mary Todd Lincoln	Mrs. Lincoln presents flowers and books to Civil War soldiers .	December 2, 2010	N / A	6.861			1861-1865
17th	Eliza Johnson	Three children and a marine band violinist at the children's ball to mark Johnson's 60th birthday	May 5, 2011	N / A	3.887			1865-1869
18th	Julia Grant	Grant and Julia Grant ride into White Haven house.	June 23, 2011	N / A	3,943			1869-1877
19th	Lucy Hayes	Mrs. Hayes at the first egg run in the White House garden, 1877	September 1, 2011	N / A	3,868			1877-1881
20th	Lucretia Garfield	Mrs. Garfield is drawing a picture.	December 1, 2011	N / A	3.653			1881
21st	Alice Paul	Alice Paul marches for women's suffrage.	October 12, 2012	N / A	3.505			N / A †
22nd	Frances Cleveland	Mrs. Cleveland hosts a reception for working women.	November 15, 2012	N / A	3.158			1886-1889
23	Caroline Harrison	Orchids and brushes	December 6, 2012	N / A	3.046			1889-1892
24	Frances Cleveland	Mrs. Cleveland gives a speech.	December 20, 2012	N / A	3.104			1893-1897
25th	Ida McKinley	Mrs. McKinleys crochets slippers that she sells for charity.	November 14, 2013	N / A	1,769			1897-1901
26th	Edith Roosevelt	Image of the White House with compasses	November 21st 2013	N / A	2.851			1901-1909
27	Helen Taft	Prunus serrulata flowers brought to Washington by Mrs. Taft	2nd December 2013	$ 770.00	2.579			1909-1913
28	Ellen Wilson	Roses because Mrs. Wilson the White House Rose Garden instituted	December 9, 2013	$ 770.00	2.551			1913-1914
28A	Edith Wilson	The picture is a reminder that Mrs. Wilson cared for her husband after a stroke.	December 16, 2013	$ 770.00	2,452			1915-1921
29	Florence Harding	Ballot and ballot box, camera, torch	July 10, 2014	$ 770.00	2,288			1921-1923
30th	Grace Coolidge	USA spelled out in American Sign Language outside the White House as Mrs. Coolidge promoted the deaf education.	17th July 2014	$ 770.00	2.196			1923-1929
31	Lou Hoover	A radio because Mrs. Hoover was the first first lady to speak on the radio on April 19, 1929.	August 14, 2014	$ 770.00	2.025			1929-1933
32	Eleanor Roosevelt	A hand lights a candle. This stands for Mrs. Roosevelt's humanitarian life's work.	4th September 2014	$ 770.00	2,389			1933-1945
33	Bess Truman	A train wheel	April 16, 2015	$ 770.00	N / A			1945-1953
34	Mamie Eisenhower	A hand holds an I-like Mamie badge.	May 7, 2015	$ 770.00	N / A			1953-1961
35	Jacqueline Kennedy	Tulip magnolia that Mrs. Kennedy planted on her husband's grave	June 25, 2015	$ 770.00	N / A			1961-1963
36	Lady Bird Johnson	Jefferson Memorial , Washington Monument	August 27, 2015	N / A	N / A			1963-1969
37	Pat Nixon	People holding hands around a globe.	February 18, 2016	N / A	N / A			1969-1974
38	Elizabeth Ford	Woman going up a flight of stairs	March 25, 2016	N / A	N / A			1974-1977
39. Coin 40th incumbent	Nancy Reagan	Mrs. Reagan with two children wearing a Just Say No t-shirt .	July 1, 2016	N / A	N / A			1981-1989

Web links

Commons : Presidential Dollars  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the program at the US Mint
• US Official site of the First Spouse program at the US Mint

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} 2007 editions - The United States Mint
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Editions 2008 - The United States Mint
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Edition 2009 - The United States Mint
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} 2010 editions - The United States Mint
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} Edition 2011 - The United States Mint
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} Edition 2012 - The United States Mint
7. ↑ ^{a b c d} Edition 2013 - The United States Mint
8. ↑ ^{a b c d} 2014 editions - The United States Mint
9. ↑ ^{a b c d} Editions 2015 - The United States Mint
10. ↑ ^{a b c} editions 2016 - The United States Mint
11. ^ US Mint: First Spouse Program . Accessed 2008-06-27. "The United States Mint also produces and make available to the public bronze medal duplicates of the First Spouse Gold Coins."
12. ^ Paul Gilkes: First Spouse medals set holds Adams mule . In: Coin World . 50, No. 2549, February 16, 2009, p. 1. “Some collectors have begun receiving a First Spouse medal mule - a piece bearing the obverse for Abigail Adams and a reverse intended for the Louisa Adams medal. The mules surfaced in some of the 2007 First Spouse sets ... "
13. ↑ First Spouse Gold Coins | US Mint. Retrieved August 13, 2019 . 
14. ↑ RS Yeoman : A Guide Book of United States Coins , 69th. Edition, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, GA 2016, ISBN 0-7948-4305-0 , pp. 364-368.
15. ↑ Now Available: 2016 Betty Ford First Spouse Gold Coins . March 25, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2017. 
16. ↑ Nancy Reagan First Spouse Gold Coins Available July 1 . June 27, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2017.