Presidential $1 Coin Program
President Dollar (german official Presidential $ 1 Coin), the coins are called to the value of a dollar, which are published as part of a series since 2007 and successively represent the portraits of all the ( late ) President of the United States.
Stamp Program
The program began in 2007. Every three months, appears another coin bearing the portrait of a president shows on its face, and in the order of terms, ie, starting with George Washington. Here Grover Cleveland is as up to two coins: Since his two terms of office do not follow each other immediately, he counts as both 22 as well as 24th President of the United States.
The value page shows the Statue of Liberty, the declared value is $ 1 and the country name United States of America. The marginal inscription includes the year of issue, the mint mark and the motto E Pluribus Unum and In God We Trust. The otherwise existing on American coins legend " Liberty" ( "Freedom " ) is missing, as it is already represented by the figure of the Statue of Liberty. With the embossed coins since 2009, the motto In God We Trust is no longer on the edge but on the image side.
The coins were by law ( Presidential $ 1 Coin Act of 2005 ) decided with the aim of the circulation of one-dollar coins over the one-dollar bills to increase. Since the program of State Quarters was a well received by the population, hoped for through the Presidential series is a rising popularity of this denomination.
In contrast to the State Quarters this program does not replace the regular edition, the Sacagawea dollar. Originally set that must be at least a third of all dollar coins embossed Sacagawea dollar. A change in the law in 2007 reduced this share to a fifth.
The law provides that a president must be dead at least two years before being honored on a coin. If 2014 dies no further acting or former President, the program is completed in 2016 with a coin for Ronald Reagan.
Overview of the coins
" First Spouse " program
The wives of the presidents are also honored on commemorative coins, on ten-dollar gold coins. These coins are issued in parallel with the presidential dollars. The law uses the gender- neutral term "First Spouse " instead of " First Lady " because until the completion of the program, even a man could move as "first spouse" to the White House.