The program began on January 1, 2007, and is similar to the State Quarter program in that it will not end until every eligible subject is honored. The program will 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. The U.S. Mint calls it the Presidential $1 Coin Program.
The reverse of the coins bears the Statue of Liberty, the inscription "$1" and the inscription "United States of America". Inscribed along the edge of the coin is the year of minting or issuance of the coin, and also the legends E Pluribus Unum and In God We Trust. The legend "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". The President Washington $1 Coin was first available to the public on February 15, 2007, in honor of Presidents' Day, which was observed on February 19.
Presidential One Dollar Coin, reverse
Specifications
- Value: 1 U.S. dollar
- Reverse: Statue of Liberty
- Diameter: 26.5 mm
- Thickness: 2 mm
- Mass: 8.1 g
- Composition: 88.5% copper, 6% zinc, 3.5% Manganese, 2% nickel
The Presidential $1 Coin Program
Release #1
President: George Washington
Release Date: February 15, 2007
Release #2
President: President John Adams
Release Date: May 17, 2007
Release #3
President: Thomas Jefferson
Release Date: August 16, 2007
Release #4
President: James Madison
Release Date: November 16, 2007
Release #5
President: James Monroe
Release Date: February 14, 2008
Release #6
President: John Quincy Adams
Release Date: May 15, 2008
Release #7
President: Andrew Jackson
Release Date: August 14, 2008
Release #8
President: Martin Van Buren
Release Date: November 13, 2008
Release #9
President: William Henry Harrison
Release Date: 2009
Release #10
President: John Tyler
Release Date: 2009
Release #11
President: James K. Polk
Release Date: 2009
Release #12
President: Zachary Taylor
Release Date: 2009
Release #13
President: Millard Fillmore
Release Date: 2010
Release #14
President: Franklin Pierce
Release Date: 2010
Release #15
President: James Buchanan
Release Date: 2010
Release #16
President: Abraham Lincoln
Release Date: 2010
Release #17
President: Andrew Johnson
Release Date: 2011
Release #18
President: Ulysses S. Grant
Release Date: 2011
Release #19
President: Rutherford B. Hayes
Release Date: 2011
Release #20
President: James A. Garfield
Release Date: 2011
Release #21
President: Chester A. Arthur
Release Date: 2012
Release #22
President: Grover Cleveland
Release Date: 2012
Release #23
President: Benjamin Harrison
Release Date: 2012
Release #24
President: Grover Cleveland
Release Date: 2012
Release #25
President: William McKinley
Release Date: 2013
Release #26
President: Theodore Roosevelt
Release Date: 2013
Release #27
President: William Howard Taft
Release Date: 2013
Release #28
President: Woodrow Wilson
Release Date: 2013
Release #29
President: Warren G. Harding
Release Date: 2014
Release #30
President: Calvin Coolidge
Release Date: 2014
Release #31
President: Herbert Hoover
Release Date: 2014
Release #32
President: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Release Date: 2014
Release #33
President: Harry S. Truman
Release Date: 2015
Release #34
President: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Release Date: 2015
Release #35
President: John F. Kennedy
Release Date: 2015
Release #36
President: Lyndon B. Johnson
Release Date: 2015
Release #37
President: Richard Nixon
Release Date: 2016
Release #38
President: Gerald Ford
Release Date: 2016
Release #39
President: Ronald Reagan
Release Date: 2016