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The Presidential $1 Coin Program is part of an Act of Congress, Pub.L. 109-145, 119 Stat. 2664, enacted December 22, 2005, which directs the United States Mint to produce $1 coins with portraits of U.S. presidents.

From 2007 to 2011, presidential $1 coins were minted for circulation in large numbers, resulting in a large stockpile of unused $1 coins. Since 2012, new presidential coins have been minted only for collectors.

Coin details[change | change source]

Dollar coins were issued bearing the likenesses of presidents, as follows:[1]

Release
number
President
number
President
name
Release date Denver
Mintage
Philadelphia
Mintage
Total Mintage[2] Design In office
1 1st George Washington February 15, 2007[3] 163,680,000 176,680,000 340,360,000 Washington dollar 1789–1797
2 2nd John Adams May 17, 2007[3] 112,140,000 112,420,000 224,560,000 John Adams dollar 1797–1801
3 3rd Thomas Jefferson August 16, 2007[3] 102,810,000 100,800,000 203,610,000 Jefferson dollar 1801–1809
4 4th James Madison November 15, 2007[3] 87,780,000 84,560,000 172,340,000 Madison dollar 1809–1817
5 5th James Monroe February 14, 2008[3] 60,230,000 64,260,000 124,490,000 Monroe dollar 1817–1825
6 6th John Quincy Adams May 15, 2008[3] 57,720,000 57,540,000 115,260,000 John Quincy Adams dollar 1825–1829
7 7th Andrew Jackson August 14, 2008[3] 61,070,000 61,180,000 122,250,000 Jackson dollar 1829–1837
8 8th Martin Van Buren November 13, 2008[3] 50,960,000 51,520,000 102,480,000 Van Buren dollar 1837–1841
9 9th William Henry Harrison February 19, 2009[3] 55,160,000 43,260,000 98,420,000 William Henry Harrison dollar 1841
10 10th John Tyler May 21, 2009[3] 43,540,000 43,540,000 87,080,000 Tyler dollar 1841–1845
11 11th James K. Polk August 20, 2009[3] 41,720,000 46,620,000 88,340,000 Polk dollar 1845–1849
12 12th Zachary Taylor November 19, 2009[3] 36,680,000 41,580,000 78,260,000 Taylor dollar 1849–1850
13 13th Millard Fillmore February 18, 2010[3] 36,960,000 37,520,000 74,480,000 Fillmore dollar 1850–1853
14 14th Franklin Pierce May 20, 2010[3] 38,360,000 38,220,000 76,580,000 Pierce dollar 1853–1857
15 15th James Buchanan August 19, 2010[3] 36,540,000 36,820,000 73,360,000 Buchanan dollar 1857–1861
16 16th Abraham Lincoln November 18, 2010[3] 48,020,000 49,000,000 97,020,000 Lincoln dollar 1861–1865
17 17th Andrew Johnson February 17, 2011[4] 37,100,000 35,560,000 72,660,000 A. Johnson dollar 1865–1869
18 18th Ulysses S. Grant May 19, 2011[4] 37,940,000 38,080,000 76,020,000 Grant dollar 1869–1877
19 19th Rutherford B. Hayes August 18, 2011[4] 36,820,000 37,660,000 74,480,000 Hayes dollar 1877–1881
20 20th James A. Garfield November 17, 2011[4] 37,100,000 37,100,000 74,200,000 Garfield dollar 1881
21 21st Chester A. Arthur February 5, 2012[4] 4,060,000 6,020,000 10,080,000 Arthur dollar 1881–1885
22 22nd Grover Cleveland May 25, 2012[4] 4,060,000 5,460,000 9,520,000 Cleveland 1st Term dollar 1885–1889
23 23rd Benjamin Harrison August 16, 2012[4] 4,200,000 5,640,001 9,840,001 Benjamin Harrison dollar 1889–1893
24 24th Grover Cleveland November 15, 2012[4] 3,920,000 10,680,001 14,600,001 Cleveland 2nd Term dollar 1893–1897
25 25th William McKinley February 19, 2013[5] 3,365,100 4,760,000 8,125,100 McKinley dollar 1897–1901
26 26th Theodore Roosevelt April 11, 2013[6] 3,920,000 5,310,700 9,230,700 Theodore Roosevelt dollar 1901–1909
27 27th William Howard Taft July 9, 2013[7] 3,360,000 4,760,000 8,120,000 Taft dollar 1909–1913
28 28th Woodrow Wilson October 17, 2013[8] 3,360,000 4,620,000 7,980,000 Woodrow Wilson dollar 1913–1921
29 29th Warren G. Harding February 6, 2014[9] 3,780,000 6,160,000 9,940,000 Warren Harding dollar 1921–1923
30 30th Calvin Coolidge April 10, 2014[10] 3,780,000 4,480,000 8,260,000 Calvin Coolidge dollar 1923–1929
31 31st Herbert Hoover June 19, 2014[11] 3,780,000 4,480,000 8,260,000 Herbert Hoover dollar 1929–1933
32 32nd Franklin D. Roosevelt August 28, 2014[12] 3,920,000 4,760,000 8,680,000 Franklin Roosevelt dollar 1933–1945
33 33rd Harry S. Truman February 5, 2015[13] 3,500,000 4,900,000 8,400,000 Harry S. Truman dollar 1945–1953
34 34th Dwight D. Eisenhower April 13, 2015[14] 3,645,998 4,900,000 8,545,998 Eisenhower Presidential dollar 1953–1961
35 35th John F. Kennedy June 18, 2015[15] 5,180,000 6,160,000 11,340,000 Kennedy Presidential dollar 1961–1963
36 36th Lyndon B. Johnson August 18, 2015[16] 4,200,000 7,840,000 12,040,000 L. Johnson dollar 1963–1969
37 37th Richard Nixon February 3, 2016[17] 4,340,000 5,460,000 10,000,000 Nixon dollar 1969–1974
38 38th Gerald Ford March 8, 2016[18] 5,040,000 5,460,000 10,500,000 Ford dollar 1974–1977
39 40th Ronald Reagan July 5, 2016[19] 5,880,000 7,140,000 13,020,000 Reagan dollar 1981–1989
40 41st George H. W. Bush December 4, 2020 TBA TBA TBA 1989–1993


† — The act specifies that a president must have been deceased for no fewer than two years to be honored in the series. (See above.) President Carter and Reagan's successors are currently living and therefore do not qualify.

References[change | change source]

  1. The United States Mint (2010-03-23). "The United States Mint Presidential $1 Coin Program". Usmint.gov. Archived from the original on 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
  2. "The United States Mint". Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 Staff (1998–2013). "Presidential Dollar Coin Release Schedule". United States Mint. Archived from the original on 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Staff (2010). "Presidential $1 Coin Information". Federal Reserve Financial Services. Archived from the original on March 15, 2012. Retrieved 2010-12-04. (Archived by WebCite at )
  5. "United States Mint Releases William McKinley Presidential $1 Coin Products February 19" (Press release). United States Mint. 2013-02-12. Archived from the original on 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
  6. "United States Mint to Release Theodore Roosevelt Presidential $1 Coin Products on April 11" (Press release). United States Mint. 2013-04-04. Archived from the original on 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  7. "United States Mint Releases William Howard Taft Presidential $1 Coin Products July 9". US MMint. 2 July 2013. Archived from the original on 30 April 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  8. "Woodrow Wilson Presidential $1 Coin Products Available October 17". US Mint. 10 October 2013. Archived from the original on 30 April 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  9. "United States Mint Set to Release Warren G. Harding Presidential $1 Coin Products Feb. 6". US Mint. 30 January 2014. Archived from the original on 30 April 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  10. "United States Mint Set to Release Calvin Coolidge Presidential $1 Coin Products April 10". United States Mint. 4 April 2014. Archived from the original on 30 April 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  11. "Herbert Hoover Presidential $1 Coin Available June 19". United States Mint. 12 June 2014. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  12. "Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential $1 Coin Product Options Available August 28". United States Mint. 21 August 2014. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  13. "Harry S. Trumann Presidential $ 1 Coin Product Options Available February 5". Archived from the original on 2015-04-27. Retrieved 2015-05-23.
  14. "United States Mint Begins Accepting Orders for Eisenhower Presidential $1 Coin Products on April 13" (Press release). 2015-04-08. Archived from the original on 2015-04-19. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
  15. "Sales Open for Kennedy Presidential $1 Coin Products on June 18" (Press release). 2015-06-11. Archived from the original on 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  16. "Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential $1 Coin Products Go On Sale on Aug. 18" (Press release). 2015-08-11. Archived from the original on 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  17. "2016 Richard M. Nixon Presidential $1 Coin Products Go On Sale on Feb. 3" (Press release). 2016-01-27. Archived from the original on 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  18. "2016 Gerald R. Ford Presidential $1 Coin Products Go On Sale on March 8" (Press release). 2016-03-01. Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  19. "2016 United States Mint Presidential $1 Coin & First Spouse Medal Set™ – Ronald Reagan Available on July 5" (Press release). 2016-06-28. Archived from the original on 2016-12-10. Retrieved 2017-02-18.

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