Presidential dollar coins

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Presidential dollar coins (authorized by Template:USStatute) are a series of United States dollar coins with engravings of relief portraits of U.S. presidents on the obverse and the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) on the reverse.

From 2007 to 2011, presidential dollar coins were minted for circulation in large numbers, resulting in an ample stockpile of unused $1 coins. From 2012 to 2016, new coins in the series were minted only for collectors.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A new coin was released on December 4, 2020, to honor George H. W. Bush, who died after the original program ended.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Legislative historyEdit

Template:USBill, the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005, was introduced on May 17, 2005, by Senator John E. Sununu with over 70 cosponsors. It was reported favorably out of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs without amendment on July 29, 2005. The Senate passed it with a technical amendment (Template:USBill), by unanimous consent on November 18, 2005. The House of Representatives passed it (291–113)<ref>Template:USHVote</ref> on December 13, 2005 (a similar bill, H.R. 902, had previously passed in the House, but it was the Senate bill which was passed by both chambers). The enrolled bill was presented to president George W. Bush on December 15, 2005, and he signed it into law on December 22, 2005.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Program detailsEdit

The program began on January 1, 2007, and, like the 50 State quarters program, was not scheduled to end until every eligible subject was honored. The program was to issue coins featuring each of four presidents per year on the obverse, issuing one for three months before moving on to the next president in chronological order by term in office. To be eligible, a president must have been deceased for at least two years prior to the time of minting.<ref>At the time the series ended in 2016, former presidents Carter, George H. W. Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush, and then-current President Obama, were still alive, and thus are not represented on series issues.</ref> The United States Mint called it the Presidential $1 Coin Program.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The reverse of the coins bears the Statue of Liberty (formally Liberty Enlightening the World), the inscription "$1" and the inscription "United States of America" in all caps, in the font ITC Benguiat. Inscribed along the edge of the coin is the year of minting or issuance of the coin, the mint mark, 13 stars, and also the legend {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} in the following arrangement: Template:Small; before 2009, the national motto "In God We Trust" was also part of the edge lettering. The word "Liberty" is absent from the coin altogether, since the decision was made that the image of the Statue of Liberty on the reverse of the coin was sufficient to convey the message of liberty. The text of the act does not specify the color of the coins, but per the U.S. Mint "the specifications will be identical to those used for the current Golden dollar".<ref>Presidential dollar coin series being developed, United States Mint News & Views, David A. Lebryk, Acting Director, April 2006</ref> The George Washington $1 coin was first available to the public on February 15, 2007, in honor of Washington's Birthday, which was observed on February 19.

This marked the first time since the St. Gaudens Double Eagle (1907–1933) that the United States had issued a coin with edge lettering for circulation. Edge-lettered coins date back to the 1790s. The process was started to discourage the shaving of gold coin edges, a practice which was used to cheat payees. In December 2007, Congress passed Template:USBill, moving "In God We Trust" to either the obverse or reverse of the coins.<ref>Template:USBill (Template:USPL) amends Template:Uscsub to remove "In God We Trust" from the edge and adds it to the obverse or reverse (signed December 27, 2007 by George W. Bush, and effective as soon as practical by the Secretary of the Treasury): <templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" />

SEC. 623. (a) In General- Section 5112(n)(2) of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
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(A) by striking 'inscriptions' and inserting 'inscription'; and
(B) by striking 'In God We Trust'; and
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`(F) INSCRIPTION OF 'IN GOD WE TRUST'- The design on the obverse or the reverse shall bear the inscription 'In God We Trust'.'. {{#if:|{{#if:|}}

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This is the same bill that created a program that included quarters for Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.

The act had been introduced because of the failure of the Sacagawea $1 coin to gain widespread circulation in the United States. The act sympathized with the need of the nation's private sector for a $1 coin, and expected that the appeal of changing the design would increase the public demand for new coins, as the public generally responded well to the state quarter program. The program was also intended to help educate the public about the nation's presidents and their history. In case the coins did not catch on with the general public, then the mint leaders hoped that collectors would be as interested in the dollars as they were with the state quarters,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which generated about $6.3 billion in seigniorage (i.e., the difference between the face value of the coins and the cost to produce them) between January 1999 and December 2008.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Stack showing edge lettering

Unlike the state quarter program and the Westward Journey nickel series, which suspended the issuance of the current design during those programs, the act directed the Mint to continue to issue Sacagawea dollar coins during the presidential series. The law states that at least one in three issued dollars must be a Sacagawea dollar. Furthermore, the Sacagawea design was required to continue after the presidential coin program ended. These requirements were added at the behest of the North Dakota congressional delegation to ensure that Sacagawea, whom North Dakotans consider to be one of their own, ultimately remains on the dollar coin.

However, Federal Reserve officials indicated to Congress that "if the Presidential $1 Coin Program does not stimulate substantial transactional demand for dollar coins, the requirement that the Mint nonetheless produce Sacagawea dollars would result in costs to the taxpayer without any offsetting benefits." In that event, the Federal Reserve indicated that it would "strongly recommend that Congress reassess the one-third requirement."<ref>Louise L. Roseman, Director, Division of Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems Template:Webarchive</ref> The one-third requirement was later changed to one-fifth by the Native American $1 Coin Act,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> passed on September 20, 2007.

Previous versions of the act called for removing from circulation dollar coins issued before the Sacagawea dollar, most notably the Susan B. Anthony dollar, but the version of the act which became law merely directs the Secretary of the Treasury to study the matter and report back to Congress. The act required federal government agencies (including the United States Postal Service), businesses operating on federal property, and federally funded transit systems to accept and dispense dollar coins by January 2008, and to post signs indicating that they do so.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Minting errorsEdit

On March 8, 2007, the United States Mint announced, that on February 15, 2007, an unknown number of George Washington presidential $1 coins were released into circulation without their edge inscriptions (the U.S. mottos, "In God We Trust" and "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}", the coin's mint mark, and its year of issuance; i.e. Template:Nowrap (where Template:Sc is either [[Philadelphia Mint|Template:Sc]] or [[Denver Mint|Template:Sc]])). Ron Guth, of the Professional Coin Grading Service, estimated at least 50,000 coins were released without the edge inscriptions. The first such coin discovered was sold on eBay for Template:Val, while later coins were selling for Template:Val, as of late March 2007.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> Because one of the inscriptions missing from the coins is the motto "In God we trust", some articles on the subject have referred to them as "godless dollars".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Fake "godless dollars" have been produced with the edge lettering filed off.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Also, John Adams presidential dollars have been discovered with plain edges. They are fewer in quantity than George Washington plain-edge dollars, making them rarer, thus more expensive. A more frequently encountered edge lettering error for the John Adams dollar is a coin with doubled edge lettering. This error occurs when a coin passes through the edge lettering machine twice.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Most examples of the doubled-edge-letter John Adams dollar are from the Philadelphia Mint; Denver Mint issues are comparatively scarce. They are seen in two varieties: 1) with both edge lettering inscriptions reading in the same direction, called "overlapped", and 2) with the two inscriptions running in opposite directions—i.e., inverted or upside-down relative to one another—called "inverted".

In early March 2007, a Colorado couple found a dollar coin which had not been struck with a die pair (missing the portrait of the president and the Statue of Liberty), but with edge lettering on the otherwise-blank planchet.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Some of the coins have the words on the rim struck upside down (president face up). These are not minting errors, but rather a variation created by the minting process. Such upside-down coins have been sold on auction websites like eBay and Amazon for greater than their face value, though they represent roughly 50% of the minted population.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Stockpile and suspension of productionEdit

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A graph showing mintages of issues minted from 2007 to 2011

By 2011, 1.4 billion uncirculated $1 coins were stockpiled,<ref name=stop/> which, if laid flat, could reach from Los Angeles to Chicago. By 2016, this number might have reached two billion if the minting had continued unchanged.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Rep. Jackie Speier of California circulated a "Dear Colleague" letter recommending that the U.S. not produce any dollar coins. She was planning to introduce legislation calling for the immediate halting of all dollar coin programs.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The United States Government Accountability Office has stated that discontinuing the dollar bill in favor of the dollar coin would save the U.S. government about $5.5 billion over 30 years.<ref name="GAOReport">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On December 13, 2011, Vice President Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced that the minting of presidential $1 coins for circulation would be suspended.<ref name=stop>Wolin, Neal (December 13, 2011). Reducing the Surplus Dollar Coin Inventory, Saving Taxpayer Dollars. Treasury Notes Blog. Retrieved December 13, 2011.</ref> Future entries in the program, beginning with those of Chester A. Arthur, would be issued in reduced quantities, only for collectors.<ref>Deshishku, Stacia (December 13, 2011). Treasury to stop producing unneeded dollar coins. CNN. Retrieved December 13, 2011.</ref>

By the end of 2022, the stockpile of $1 coins was reduced to 888 million. The inventory was estimated to last for nearly 16 more years (i.e. until 2038).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The program's end and continuationEdit

The act specifies that for a former president to be honored, they must have been deceased for at least two years before issue.<ref>Template:Uscsub:

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</ref><ref name=reagancw>Template:Cite journal</ref> Hence, former presidents George H. W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and then-current president Barack Obama were ineligible to have a dollar coin issued in their honor when the series ended in 2016, after honoring Ronald Reagan, the last president who was eligible.

Since the program has terminated, producing coins for those presidents not yet honored would require another Act of Congress.<ref>Template:Uscsub:

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|CitationClass=web }}</ref> which was signed into law by President Donald Trump on January 28, 2020.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

CollectingEdit

Despite not seeing widespread use in circulation,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the series has seen a few lower-mintage issues, mostly in specially marketed sets. Reverse proof issues were made for the coins depicting Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush from 2015 to 2020. These issues had mintages between 16,000 and 48,000, depending on the issue.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Coin detailsEdit

Dollar coins were issued bearing the likenesses of presidents, as follows:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Release number	President number	President name	Release date	Denver Mintage	Philadelphia Mintage	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Design	In office
1	1st	George Washington	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	163,680,000	176,680,000	340,360,000	Washington dollar	1789–1797
2	2nd	John Adams	May 17, 2007<ref name="Mintrelease"/>	112,140,000	112,420,000	224,560,000	John Adams dollar	1797–1801
3	3rd	Thomas Jefferson	August 16, 2007<ref name="Mintrelease"/>	102,810,000	100,800,000	203,610,000	Jefferson dollar	1801–1809
4	4th	James Madison	November 15, 2007<ref name="Mintrelease"/>	87,780,000	84,560,000	172,340,000	Madison dollar	1809–1817
5	5th	James Monroe	February 14, 2008<ref name="Mintrelease"/>	60,230,000	64,260,000	124,490,000	Monroe dollar	1817–1825
6	6th	John Quincy Adams	May 15, 2008<ref name="Mintrelease"/>	57,720,000	57,540,000	115,260,000	John Quincy Adams dollar	1825–1829
7	7th	Andrew Jackson	August 14, 2008<ref name="Mintrelease"/>	61,070,000	61,180,000	122,250,000	Jackson dollar	1829–1837
8	8th	Martin Van Buren	November 13, 2008<ref name="Mintrelease"/>	50,960,000	51,520,000	102,480,000	Van Buren dollar	1837–1841
9	9th	William Henry Harrison	February 19, 2009<ref name="Mintrelease"/>	55,160,000	43,260,000	98,420,000	William Henry Harrison dollar	1841
10	10th	John Tyler	May 21, 2009<ref name="Mintrelease"/>	43,540,000	43,540,000	87,080,000	Tyler dollar	1841–1845
11	11th	James K. Polk	August 20, 2009<ref name="Mintrelease"/>	41,720,000	46,620,000	88,340,000	Polk dollar	1845–1849
12	12th	Zachary Taylor	November 19, 2009<ref name="Mintrelease"/>	36,680,000	41,580,000	78,260,000	Taylor dollar	1849–1850
13	13th	Millard Fillmore	February 18, 2010<ref name="Mintrelease"/>	36,960,000	37,520,000	74,480,000	Fillmore dollar	1850–1853
14	14th	Franklin Pierce	May 20, 2010<ref name="Mintrelease"/>	38,360,000	38,220,000	76,580,000	Pierce dollar	1853–1857
15	15th	James Buchanan	August 19, 2010<ref name="Mintrelease"/>	36,540,000	36,820,000	73,360,000	Buchanan dollar	1857–1861
16	16th	Abraham Lincoln	November 18, 2010<ref name="Mintrelease"/>	48,020,000	49,000,000	97,020,000	Lincoln dollar	1861–1865
17	17th	Andrew Johnson	citation	CitationClass=web }} (Archived by WebCite at )</ref>	37,100,000	35,560,000	72,660,000	A. Johnson dollar	1865–1869
18	18th	Ulysses S. Grant	May 19, 2011<ref name="Fed2011"/>	37,940,000	38,080,000	76,020,000	Grant dollar	1869–1877
19	19th	Rutherford B. Hayes	August 18, 2011<ref name="Fed2011"/>	36,820,000	37,660,000	74,480,000	Hayes dollar	1877–1881
20	20th	James A. Garfield	November 17, 2011<ref name="Fed2011"/>	37,100,000	37,100,000	74,200,000	Garfield dollar	1881
21	21st	Chester A. Arthur	February 5, 2012<ref name="Fed2011"/>	4,060,000	6,020,000	10,080,000	Arthur dollar	1881–1885
22	22nd	Grover Cleveland	May 25, 2012<ref name="Fed2011"/>	4,060,000	5,460,000	9,520,000	Cleveland 1st Term dollar	1885–1889
23	23rd	Benjamin Harrison	August 16, 2012<ref name="Fed2011"/>	4,200,000	5,640,001	9,840,001	Benjamin Harrison dollar	1889–1893
24	24th	Grover Cleveland	November 15, 2012<ref name="Fed2011"/>	3,920,000	10,680,001	14,600,001	Cleveland 2nd Term dollar	1893–1897
25	25th	William McKinley	February 19, 2013<ref name="McKinley">Template:Cite press release</ref>	3,365,100	4,760,000	8,125,100	McKinley dollar	1897–1901
26	26th	Theodore Roosevelt	April 11, 2013<ref name="TRoosevelt">Template:Cite press release</ref>	3,920,000	5,310,700	9,230,700	Theodore Roosevelt dollar	1901–1909
27	27th	William Howard Taft	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	3,360,000	4,760,000	8,120,000	Taft dollar	1909–1913
28	28th	Woodrow Wilson	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	3,360,000	4,620,000	7,980,000	Woodrow Wilson dollar	1913–1921
29	29th	Warren G. Harding	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	3,780,000	6,160,000	9,940,000	Warren Harding dollar	1921–1923
30	30th	Calvin Coolidge	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	3,780,000	4,480,000	8,260,000	Calvin Coolidge dollar	1923–1929
31	31st	Herbert Hoover	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	3,780,000	4,480,000	8,260,000	Herbert Hoover dollar	1929–1933
32	32nd	Franklin D. Roosevelt	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	3,920,000	4,760,000	8,680,000	Franklin Roosevelt dollar	1933–1945
33	33rd	Harry S. Truman	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	3,500,000	4,900,000	8,400,000	Harry S. Truman dollar	1945–1953
34	34th	Dwight D. Eisenhower	April 13, 2015<ref name="Ike">Template:Cite press release</ref>	3,645,998	4,900,000	8,545,998	Eisenhower Presidential dollar	1953–1961
35	35th	John F. Kennedy	June 18, 2015<ref name="JFK">Template:Cite press release</ref>	5,180,000	6,160,000	11,340,000	Kennedy Presidential dollar	1961–1963
36	36th	Lyndon B. Johnson	August 18, 2015<ref name="LBJ">Template:Cite press release</ref>	4,200,000	7,840,000	12,040,000	L. Johnson dollar	1963–1969
37	37th	Richard Nixon	February 3, 2016<ref name="RMN">Template:Cite press release</ref>	4,340,000	5,460,000	10,000,000	Nixon dollar	1969–1974
38	38th	Gerald Ford	March 8, 2016<ref name="GRF">Template:Cite press release</ref>	5,040,000	5,460,000	10,500,000	Ford dollar	1974–1977
39	40th	Ronald Reagan	July 5, 2016<ref name="RWR">Template:Cite press release</ref>	5,880,000	7,140,000	13,020,000	Ronald Reagan Presidential $1 Coin	1981–1989
40	41st	George H. W. Bush	December 4, 2020	1,502,425	1,242,275	2,744,700	George Bush Presidential $1 Coin	1989–1993

First spouse programEdit

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

The United States has honored the spouses of each of the presidents honored by the Presidential $1 Coin Act by issuing half-ounce $10 gold coins featuring their images, in the order they served as first spouse, beginning in 2007. All first spouses have been women (often called first ladies).

The obverse of these coins feature portraits of the nation's first spouses, their names, the dates and order of their terms as first spouse, as well as the year of minting or issuance, and the words "In God We Trust" and "Liberty". The United States Mint issued the first spouse gold coins on the same schedule as the presidential $1 coins issued honoring the presidents. Each coin has a unique reverse design featuring an image emblematic of that spouse's life and work, as well as the words "The United States of America", "E Pluribus Unum", "$10", "1/2 oz.", and ".9999 fine gold".

When a president served unmarried, as four presidents did, a gold coin was issued bearing an obverse image emblematic of Liberty as depicted on a circulating coin of that era, and bearing a reverse image emblematic of themes of that president. One exception is the coin depicting suffragist Alice Paul which represents the era of the Chester A. Arthur presidency, as Arthur was a widower.

The act, as written, explicitly states that the first spouse coins are to be released at the same time as their respective $1 presidential coins.<ref>Template:Uscsub says:

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The United States Mint launched these coins officially at 12 pm EDT on June 19, 2007. They provided two versions of the coin: a proof version for $429.95 and an uncirculated version for $410.95.

The United States Mint also produces and makes available to the public bronze medal duplicates of the first spouse gold coins which are not legal tender.<ref>U.S. Mint: First Spouse Program Template:Webarchive. 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."</ref> In February 2009 Coin World reported that some 2007 Abigail Adams medals were struck using the reverse from the 2008 Louisa Adams medal.<ref name=mule>Template:Cite journal</ref> These pieces, called mules, were contained within the 2007 first spouse medal set.<ref name=mule/>

Although the First Spouse program ended in 2016, it was continued in 2020 to honor Barbara Bush.<ref name=":0" />

A full listing of the coins is:

Release #	Spouse #	Name	Reverse design	Release date	Proof issue price	Mintage figures<ref name="mintage1">Template:Cite book</ref>	Front/obverse Design	Reverse Design	Dates served
1	1	Martha Washington	Mrs. Washington sewing, with slogan "First Lady of the Continental Army"	June 19, 2007<ref name="Martha">Template:Cite press release</ref>	$429.95	19,167	File:Martha Washington First Spouse Coin obverse.jpg		1789–1797
2	2	Abigail Adams	Mrs. Adams writing her famous "Remember the Ladies" letter	June 19, 2007<ref name="Martha"/>	$429.95	17,149	File:Abigail Adams First Spouse Coin obverse.jpg		1797–1801
3	3	Thomas Jefferson's Liberty	Jefferson's grave at Monticello	August 30, 2007<ref name="Jefferson">Template:Cite press release</ref>	$429.95	19,815	File:Jefferson Liberty First Spouse Coin obverse.jpg	File:Jefferson Liberty First Spouse Coin reverse.jpg	1801–1809
4	4	Dolley Madison	Mrs. Madison posing before the Lansdowne portrait of Washington, which she saved during the Burning of Washington	November 19, 2007<ref name="Madison">Template:Cite press release</ref>	$529.95	17,943	File:Dolley Madison First Spouse Coin obverse.jpg		1809–1817
5	5	Elizabeth Monroe	Mrs. Monroe at the reopening of the White House in 1818	February 28, 2008<ref name="Monroe">Template:Cite press release</ref>	$619.95*	7,800			1817–1825
6	6	Louisa Adams	Mrs. Adams and her son Charles making the dangerous journey from St Petersburg to Paris in 1812	May 29, 2008<ref name="Adams">Template:Cite press release</ref>	$619.95*	6,581	File:Louisa Adams coin front.jpg	File:Louisa Adams coin back.jpg	1825–1829
7	7	Andrew Jackson's Liberty	Jackson on horseback with his nickname "Old Hickory"	August 28, 2008<ref name="Jackson">Template:Cite press release</ref>	$619.95*	7,684	File:Jackson L.jpg		1829–1837
8	8	Martin Van Buren's Liberty	Van Buren reading in the grass in his home village of Kinderhook	November 25, 2008<ref name="VanBuren">Template:Cite press release</ref>	$549.95	6,807	File:Van Buren L.jpg		1837–1841
9	9	Anna Harrison	Mrs. Harrison reading to her children	March 5, 2009<ref name="HarrisonA">Template:Cite press release</ref>	$629.00	6,251			1841
10	10	Letitia Tyler	Mrs. Tyler with children on Cedar Grove Plantation	July 2, 2009<ref name="Letitia">Template:Cite press release</ref>	N/A	5,296	File:Tylerl-o.jpg		1841–1842
10A	10A	Julia Tyler	Mr. and Mrs. Tyler dancing	August 6, 2009<ref name="Julia">Template:Cite press release</ref>	N/A	4,844			1844–1845
11	11	Sarah Polk	Mr. and Mrs. Polk working together at a desk in the White House	September 3, 2009<ref name="Polk">Template:Cite press release</ref>	N/A	5,151	File:Sarah Polk $1 coin front view.jpg	File:Sarah Polk $1 coin reverse view.jpg	1845–1849
12	12	Margaret Taylor	A young Mrs. Taylor tending to a wounded soldier during the First Seminole War.	December 3, 2009<ref name="Taylor">Template:Cite press release</ref>	N/A	4,936	File:Taylorm-o.jpg		1849–1850
13	13	Abigail Fillmore	Mrs. Fillmore shelving books in the White House Library, which she established.	March 18, 2010<ref name="Fillmore">Template:Cite press release</ref>	N/A	6,130	File:Fillmorea-o.jpg		1850–1853
14	14	Jane Pierce	Mrs. Pierce in the visitors' gallery of the Old Senate Chamber, listening to a debate.	June 3, 2010<ref name="Pierce">Template:Cite press release</ref>	N/A	4,775	File:Jane Pierce First Spouse Coin obverse.jpg		1853–1857
15	15	James Buchanan's Liberty	Buchanan working as a bookkeeper in the family store	September 2, 2010<ref name="Buchanan">Template:Cite press release</ref>	N/A	7,110	File:Buchanansliberty-o.jpg		1857–1861
16	16	Mary Todd Lincoln	Mrs. Lincoln giving flowers and a book to Union soldiers during the Civil War	December 2, 2010<ref name="Lincoln">Template:Cite press release</ref>	N/A	6,861	File:Lincolnm-o.jpg		1861–1865
17	17	Eliza Johnson	Three children dancing and a Marine Band violinist at the children's ball that was held for President Johnson's 60th birthday.	May 5, 2011<ref name="Johnson">Template:Cite press release</ref>	N/A	3,887			1865–1869
18	18	Julia Grant	Grant and a young Julia Dent horseriding at White Haven, her family home.	June 23, 2011<ref name="Grant">Template:Cite press release</ref>	N/A	3,943			1869–1877
19	19	Lucy Hayes	Mrs. Hayes hosting the first Easter Egg Roll at the White House, 1877	September 1, 2011<ref name="Hayes">Template:Cite press release</ref>	N/A	3,868			1877–1881
20	20	Lucretia Garfield	Mrs. Garfield painting on a canvas with brush and palette.	December 1, 2011<ref name="Garfield">Template:Cite press release</ref>	N/A	3,653		File:2011-LGarfield-proof-rev.jpg	1881
21	21	Alice Paul<ref name="Alice Paul USC">Alice Paul is explicitly specified in Template:Uscsub <templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" /> as represented, in the case of President Chester Alan Arthur, by a design incorporating the name and likeness of Alice Paul, a leading strategist in the suffrage movement, who was instrumental in gaining women the right to vote upon the adoption of the 19th amendment and thus the ability to participate in the election of future Presidents, and who was born on January 11, 1885, during the term of President Arthur{{#if:\|{{#if:\|}} — {{#if:\|, in }}Template:Comma separated entries }} {{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters\|check\|unknown=Template:Main other\|preview=Page using Template:Blockquote with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"\|ignoreblank=y\| 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 \| author \| by \| char \| character \| cite \| class \| content \| multiline \| personquoted \| publication \| quote \| quotesource \| quotetext \| sign \| source \| style \| text \| title \| ts }}</ref>	Alice Paul marching for women's suffrage	October 12, 2012<ref name="Paul">Template:Cite press release</ref>	N/A	3,505		File:Alice Paul-unc-rev.jpg	N/A †
22	22	Frances Cleveland	Mrs. Cleveland hosting a working women's reception.	November 15, 2012<ref name="Cleveland1">Template:Cite press release</ref>	N/A	3,158			1886–1889
23	23	Caroline Harrison	orchid and paint brushes	December 6, 2012<ref name="HarrisonC">Template:Cite press release</ref>	N/A	3,046			1889–1892
24	24	Frances Cleveland	Mrs. Cleveland delivering a speech	December 20, 2012<ref name="Cleveland2">Template:Cite press release</ref>	N/A	3,104		File:2012-FCleveland2-unc-rev.jpg	1893–1897
25	25	Ida McKinley	Mrs. McKinley's hands crocheting slippers; she made thousands which were sold for charity.	November 14, 2013<ref name="IdaMcKinley1">Template:Cite press release</ref>	N/A	1,769			1897–1901
26	26	Edith Roosevelt	Image of the White House with compass and "The White House Restored 1902"	November 21, 2013<ref name="EdithRoosevelt1">Template:Cite press release</ref>	N/A	2,851			1901–1909
27	27	Helen Taft	Cherry blossom of Prunus serrulata, brought to Washington, DC by Mrs. Taft	December 2, 2013<ref name="HelenTaft1">Template:Cite press release</ref>	$770.00	2,579			1909–1913
28	28	Ellen Wilson	Commemoration of Mrs. Wilson's creation of the White House Rose Garden	December 9, 2013<ref name="EllenWilson1">Template:Cite press release</ref>	$770.00	2,551			1913–1914
28A	28A	Edith Wilson	Image commemorating Mrs. Wilson's support for her husband after his stroke; the President holds onto a cane with Edith's hand resting warmly on top	December 16, 2013<ref name="EdithWilson1">Template:Cite press release</ref>	$770.00	2,452			1915–1921
29	29	Florence Harding	Items relating to Mrs. Harding's life: ballots and ballot box, camera, torch, and initials referencing World War I veterans	July 10, 2014<ref name="FlorenceHarding1">Template:Cite press release</ref>	$770.00	2,288			1921–1923
30	30	Grace Coolidge	U.S.A. spelled out in American Sign Language in front of the White House; Mrs. Coolidge promoted Deaf education	July 17, 2014<ref name="GraceCoolidge1">Template:Cite press release</ref>	$770.00	2,196			1923–1929
31	31	Lou Hoover	Radio commemorating Mrs. Hoover's radio address of 19 April 1929, the first by a First Lady	August 14, 2014<ref name="LouHoover1">Template:Cite press release</ref>	$770.00	2,025			1929–1933
32	32	Eleanor Roosevelt	A hand lighting a candle, symbolizing her life's work and the global impact of her humanitarian initiatives.	September 4, 2014<ref name="EleanorRoosevelt1">Template:Cite press release</ref>	$770.00	2,389	File:Eleanor Roosevelt coin front.jpg	File:Eleanor Roosevelt coin back.jpg	1933–1945
33	33	Bess Truman	A wheel on railroad tracks, symbolizing Mrs. Truman's support for her husband on his 1948 whistle stop tour	April 16, 2015<ref name="Bess">Template:Cite press release</ref>	$770.00	N/A	File:Bess Truman coin front.jpg	File:Bess Truman coin back.jpg	1945–1953
34	34	Mamie Eisenhower	Hand holding an I Like Mamie badge	May 7, 2015<ref name="Mamie">Template:Cite press release</ref>	$770.00	N/A			1953–1961
35	35	Jacqueline Kennedy	Saucer magnolia flower (planted by Mrs. Kennedy beside the John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame) overlaid on an image of the world.	June 25, 2015<ref name="Jacqueline">Template:Cite press release</ref>	$770.00	N/A	File:Jackie Kennedy coin front.jpg	File:Jacqueline Kennedy coin back.jpg	1961–1963
36	36	Lady Bird Johnson	Jefferson Memorial, Washington Monument and flowers in reference to Mrs. Johnson's efforts in the beautification and conservation of America	August 27, 2015<ref name="LadyBird">Template:Cite press release</ref>	N/A	N/A	File:Lady Bird Johnson coin front.jpg	File:Lady Bird Johnson coin back.jpg	1963–1969
37	37	Pat Nixon	People standing hand-in-hand surrounding a globe, symbolizing Mrs. Nixon's commitment to volunteerism.	February 18, 2016<ref name="Pat_Nixon">Template:Cite press release</ref>	N/A	N/A			1969–1974
38	38	Elizabeth Ford	Young woman ascending a staircase, representing Mrs. Ford's openness and advocacy regarding addiction, breast cancer and women's rights.	March 25, 2016<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	N/A	N/A			1974–1977
39	40	Nancy Reagan	Mrs. Reagan with two children wearing "Just Say No" T-shirts.	July 1, 2016<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	N/A	N/A			1981–1989
40	41	Barbara Bush	A child reading a book with a road leading to a rising sun, in reference to the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	$1,285.00	5,000		1989–1993

* Due to volatility in the gold market, the U.S. Mint lowered the price to $549.95 on November 12, 2008, to more accurately reflect the current spot price of gold. This however constantly changed as the price of gold changed. The mint used pricing range tables to adjust pricing of gold coin: 2016 Pricing Grid

† Chester A. Arthur's wife Ellen died before he succeeded to the presidency. Since there was no first lady during his presidency, the act explicitly states that Alice Paul, who was born during his term, would appear on this coin.<ref name="Alice Paul USC" /> Since Paul was never first lady, the coin does not have a served date.

Other provisionsEdit

The act also has two other provisions, for the following:

Issuance of a $50 bullion coin reproducing the 1913 buffalo nickel designed by James Earle Fraser. See American Buffalo (coin)
Redesign of the reverse of the Lincoln cent in 2009 to show four different scenes from Abraham Lincoln's life in honor of the bicentennial of his birth. These four scenes are:
1. his birth and early childhood in Kentucky
2. his formative years in Indiana
3. his professional life in Illinois
4. his presidency in Washington, D.C.

In 2009, numismatic cents that have the metallic copper content of cents minted in 1909 were issued for collectors.

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Since 2010, another redesigned reverse for the Lincoln cent is being minted; this "shall bear an image emblematic of President Lincoln's preservation of the United States of America as a single and united country", and replaced the Lincoln Memorial reverse in use from 1959 to 2008.

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