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Coin Information The Margaret Taylor First Spouse Gold Coin will be released during 2009 as the thirteenth release of the First Spouse Gold Coin Program. During 2009 a total of five different coins will be issued for the series. The obverse of the coin features a portrait of Margaret Taylor designed by Phebe Hemphill and [...]

Coin Information The Sarah Polk First Spouse Gold Coin will be released during 2009 as the twelfth release of the First Spouse Gold Coin Program. During 2009 a total of five different coins will be issued for the series. The obverse of the coin features a portrait of Sarah Polk designed and sculpted by Phebe [...]

Coin Information The Julia Tyler First Spouse Gold Coin will be released during 2009 as the eleventh release of the First Spouse Gold Coin Program. During 2009 a total of five different coins will be issued for the series. Julia Tyler was the second wife of President John Tyler. She served as the first lady [...]

Coin Information The Letitia Tyler First Spouse Gold Coin will be released during 2009 as the tenth release of the First Spouse Gold Coin Program. During 2009 a total of five different coins will be issued for the series. Letitia Tyler also served as the Second Lady for the month that her husband was William [...]

Coin Information The Anna Harrison First Spouse Gold Coin was the ninth release of the First Spouse Gold Coin Program. During 2009 a total of five different coins will be issued for the series. The obverse of the coin features a portrait of Anna Harrison designed by Donna Weaver and sculpted by Joseph Menna. The [...]

Coin Information The Northern Mariana Islands Quarter will be the sixth and final release of the D.C. & U.S. Territories Quarter Program. This program will honor the District of Columbia and each U.S. Territory with its own quarter design. The Northern Mariana Islands were a possession of Spain until 1898. The islands were subsequently sold [...]

Coin Information The US Virgin Islands Quarter will be the fifth release of the DC & US Territories Quarter Program. This program will honor the District of Columbia and each United States Territory with its own unique quarter design. The Virgin Islands were explored by Christopher Columbus in 1493. The islands were colonized by Denmark [...]

Coin Information The American Samoa Quarter will be the fourth release of the DC & US Territories Quarter Program. This program will honor the District of Columbia and each United States Territory with their own unique quarter design. American Samoa first had contact from the West in the early 1700s. English missionaries and traders arrived [...]

Coin Information The Guam Quarter will be the third release of the D.C. & U.S. Territories Quarter Program. This program will honor the District of Columbia and each U.S. Territory with its own unique quarter design. Ferdinand Magellan made the first Western contact with Guam in 1521. Spanish rule of Guam ended during the Spanish-American [...]

Coin Information The Puerto Rico Quarter was the second release of the DC & US Territories Quarter Program. This program will honor the District of Columbia and each United States Territory with its own unique quarter design. Puerto Rico was initially a Spanish colony after Christopher Columbus arrived in 1493. It was ceded to the [...]