The most recent of these commemorative series is the American Innovation 1. The composition of the Presidential $1 Coins is identical to that of the Sacagawea Golden Dollar and the Native American $1 Coins. US gold dollar coin in 1848, coinciding with the Gold Rush. Accordingly, the Presidential $1 Coins feature larger, more dramatic artwork, as well as edge-incused inscriptions of the year of minting or issuance, “E PLURIBUS UNUM,” and the mint mark.įrom 2007 to 2016, the Mint issued four Presidential $1 Coins per year, each with a common reverse design featuring a striking rendition of the Statue of Liberty. The Presidential $1 Coin Act (Public Law 109-145) seeks to revitalize the design of United States coins and return circulating coinage to its position as an object of aesthetic beauty in its own right. Regular circulating demand for the coins will be met through the Federal Reserve Bank’s existing inventory of circulating coins minted prior to 2012. Geithner directed that the United States Mint suspend minting and issuing circulating Presidential $1 Coins. Note: In December 2011, Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. According to the NGC Price Guide, as of December 2023, a Gold Dollar Coin from 1853 in circulated condition is worth between 210 and 430. The program began in 2007 with Presidents Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison.

The United States Mint honors our nation’s presidents by issuing $1 coins featuring their images in the order that they served.

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