![]() If the Presidential dollar coins made any noise beyond the numismatic realm, perhaps the series squealed the loudest when some people mistakenly believed the coins were 'Godless,' in that the motto IN GOD WE TRUST wasn't prominently inscribed across the obverse of the coin as had become commonplace in recent decades. Unlike the wildly popular 50 State Quarters program, which ended in 2008, the Presidential dollars failed to stir much attention, and it clearly fell short of its overarching goal, which was to help stimulate the widespread circulation of dollar coins. The series began with George Washington and included a total of four presidents each year through 2015, with the final three issues in 2016 concluding with Ronald Reagan. A president would have had to pass away at least two years prior to his or her being honored in the series. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Andrew Johnson and Herbert Hoover covers.The Presidential $1 coin series have been produced since 2007 and honor each of the deceased United States presidents who had served. Polk, Millard Fillmore, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, William Henry Harrison, Arthur, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland (second term), James Buchanan, Franklin Pierce, Warren G. Mint still offers, at $19.95 each, Presidential $1 Coin Covers for Nixon, Ford and Reagan, and smaller numbers of JFK, Lyndon Johnson, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, William Howard Taft, William McKinley, Benjamin Harrison, Ulysses S. The Kennedy cover is the first to surpass the 20,000 mark following the 20,145 recorded sold of the 2011 Ulysses S. Kennedy Presidential $1 Coin Cover, still offered, totaled 22,221 through March 22, 2017. Mint is still offering the Ford cover for sale. The lowest sales recorded so far for the 39 covers issued is 11,496 for the 2016 Gerald R. The Lincoln sales are also final, audited numbers. territories quarter dollars, America the Beautiful quarter dollars, and the Sacagawea dollar.įor the Presidential $1 Coin Covers, the cover issued in 2007 for the second president, John Adams, has proven the most popular, with final, audited sales posted as of March 22, 2017, at 49,969 - 13,131 more covers than were sold dated 2010 representing one of the nation’s most beloved presidents, Abraham Lincoln. Mint has also issued coin covers for the State quarter dollar series, District of Columbia and U.S. Geithner permanently suspended dollar coin production for circulation.Ĭirculation-quality dollar coins struck dated 2012 through 2016, inclusive, and included in the coin covers, were never issued for circulation but were struck only for numismatic sales at premiums above face value. ![]() The Garfield coin was the last Presidential dollar struck for commerce in circulation quality, after which then Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Arthur cover in 2012 and continuing through to the program’s end in 2016 with the Ronald Reagan cover, the postmark cancellation is dated to the first day the cover was issued. postage stamp was postally cancelled with a postmark dated to the first day each dollar was issued into circulation. The Presidential $1 Coin Covers incorporate two circulation-quality Presidential dollars, one each from the first day of production at the Philadelphia Mint and at the Denver Mint, housed in a colorful philatelic cachet that is stamped and postally canceled.īeginning with the George Washington cover in 2007 through to the James Garfield cover in 2011, each cover’s U.S. ![]() The coin covers are also referred to in the numismatic and philatelic worlds as philatelic-numismatic combinations, or PNCs, since they contain elements from both the stamp and coin collecting fields. ![]()
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