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Presidential dollar coins (authorized by Pub. L. 109–145 (text), 119 Stat. 2664, enacted December 22, 2005) are a series of United States dollar coins with engravings of relief portraits of U.S. presidents on the obverse and the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) on the reverse.
Coins for circulation. 2008 Dollar (obverse), 2nd of four U.S. presidents issued in 2008. Commemorative coin. 1923 Monroe Doctrine Centennial half dollar, featuring profiles of Adams and James Monroe; John Quincy Adams – Series of 1869 $500 bill. Banknotes. United States Note. $500 Series of 1869
The Presidential Dollar series features portraits of all deceased U.S. Presidents with four coin designs issued each year in the order of the president's inauguration date. These coins began circulating on February 15, 2007. Starting 2012, these coins have been minted only for collectible sets because of a large stockpile.
As a way of honoring more presidents, the U.S. Mint began issuing Presidential Dollar coins in the 2000s. Most are worth about face value, but a couple are valued in six figures due to errors .
The total amount of circulating currency and coin passed one trillion dollars in March 2011. Despite the degradation in the value of the U.S. $100 banknote (which was worth about $830.85 in 1969), and despite competition from some more valuable foreign notes (most notably, the 500 euro banknote ), there are no current plans to re-issue ...
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.
Coin Obverse design Reverse design Composition Mintage Available Obverse Reverse 50¢ Monroe Doctrine Centennial half dollar: Conjoined heads of former presidents James Monroe and John Quincy Adams: Stylized figures representing North and South America touch at the Panama Canal: 90% Ag, 10% Cu Authorized: 300,000 (max) Uncirculated: 274,077 S ...
The coins themselves measure 1.6-inches and are a "1oz .999% silver medallion." That puts the value of the precious metal in the coin at just $30. Hello everyone!