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Ulysses S. Grant: Birthplace of Ulysses S. Grant 90% Ag, 10% Cu Authorized: 250,000 (max) Uncirculated: 95,055 (P) [7] 1922 50¢ Grant Memorial half dollar (star) Ulysses S. Grant, star between AMERICA and GRANT Birthplace of Ulysses S. Grant 90% Ag, 10% Cu Uncirculated: 5,000 (P) [8] 1922 $1: Grant Memorial dollar (no star) Ulysses S. Grant
The Grant Memorial coinage are a gold dollar and silver half dollar struck by the United States Bureau of the Mint in 1922 in honor of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ulysses S. Grant, a leading Union general during the American Civil War and later the 18th president of the United States.
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". [8] The George Washington $1 coin was first available to the public on February 15, 2007, in honor of Washington's Birthday, which was observed on February 19.
In 1991, a 12-coin silver five-dollar series was issued in the Bahamas commemorating the 500th anniversary of European discovery of the Americas. Three of those coins showed images of U.S. presidents, with the coat of arms of the Bahamas on the obverse side. Thomas Jefferson. $5, 1991, silver, with Independence Hall – Declaration of ...
Also, unlike any other denomination of circulating U.S. coinage (but in common with the Presidential $1 coins), the value is inscribed in numerals on the reverse. The act passed by Congress requires that 20% of the total dollar coins minted in any year during the Presidential $1 Coin Program be Sacagawea dollars bearing the new design.
Circling the motif are the last names of famous Americans. Some of those listed are: (George) Washington, (Benjamin) Franklin, (Thomas) Jefferson, (Robert) Fulton, (Samuel F.B.) Morse, & (Ulysses S.) Grant. Martha Washington, George Washington: $2: Science presents Steam and Electricity to Commerce and Manufacture
Face value Coin Obverse design Reverse design Composition Mintage Available Obverse Reverse $1: Thomas Alva Edison dollar: Portrait of the Thomas Edison holding an early experimental light bulb in his laboratory Rendering of Edison's first light bulb Ag 90%, Cu 10% Authorized: 500,000 (max) Uncirculated: 68,031 P Proof: 213,409 P 2004 $1
The 2009 proof set contained the highest number of coins and the highest combined face value ($7.19) of any proof set as of 2019, containing the four Lincoln Bicentennial cents (with a special composition of 95% copper), all six District of Columbia and United States Territories quarters, five dollar coins, and the standard nickel, dime, and ...