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Coin Information The Martin Van Buren Presidential Dollar was released on November 13, 2008. This marked the eighth coin released for the Presidential Dollar series and the final coin released for the year 2008. The official launch ceremony took place in Kinderhook, New York at the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site. The obverse of [...]

Coin Information The Andrew Jackson Presidential Dollar was released on August 14, 2008. This was the seventh coin released for the Presidential Dollar series and the third coin released for the year 2008. The official launch ceremony was held at the Hermitage near Nashville, Tennessee. Andrew Brunhart, the US Mint Deputy Director, and Richard Cowart, [...]

Coin Information The John Quincy Adams Presidential Dollar was released on May 15, 2008. This was the sixth coin released for the Presidential Dollar series and the second coin released for the year 2008. There was no official launch ceremony, however an unofficial ceremony was held in Quincy, Massachusetts. This was the site of the [...]

Coin Information The James Monroe Presidential Dollar was released on February 14, 2008. This was the fifth coin released for the Presidential Dollar series and the first coin released for the year 2008. The official launch ceremony was held at Ash Lawn-Highland in Charlottesville, Virginia. Dan Shaver, the Acting Deputy Director of the United States [...]

Coin Information The James Madison Presidential Dollar was released on November 15, 2007. This was the fourth coin of the Presidential Dollar coin series and the final release for the year 2007. Oddly, no official launch ceremony was held for the release of the coin. The obverse of the coin was designed by Joel Iskowitz [...]

Coin Information The Thomas Jefferson Presidential Dollar was released on August 16, 2007. This was the third release of the Presidential Dollar coin series. The official launch ceremony for the coin was held at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. Edmund Moy, the Director of the US Mint, and Daniel Jordan, the President of [...]

Coin Information The John Adams Presidential Dollar was released on May 17, 2007. This was the second coin of the Presidential Dollar coin series. The official launch ceremony for the coin was held in Quincy Massachusetts. The US Mint Director Edmund Moy and Quincy Mayor William J. Phelan were in attendance. The obverse of the [...]

Coin Information The George Washington Presidential Dollar was released on February 15, 2007. This was the first coin of the new Presidential Dollar coin series. The official launch ceremony for the coin was held at Grand Central Terminal in New York City. The Director of the United States Mint Edmund Moy was in attendance. The [...]

After producing nearly one billion Presidential Dollars in 2007, the US Mint’s production of the new dollar coin has slowed considerably. Notably the production figures for the first six releases showed a continuous decline. With the release of the Andrew Jackson Presidential Dollar the figures showed a brief uptick. The tables below present the US [...]

Coin Series The Presidential Dollar Coin Series was authorized by The Presidential $1 Coin Act Public Law 109-145. The series will honor the former Presidents of the United States with circulating dollar coins bearing their images. Each year four different coins will be released honoring Presidents in the order served. The series will coincide with [...]