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  1. The dollar coin is a United States coin with a face value of one United States dollar. Dollar coins have been minted in the United States in gold, silver, and base metal versions. Dollar coins were first minted in the United States in 1794.

  2. The headquarters of the US Mint is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The first US coins were minted there in 1793. As the country expanded, the population had a need for a lot of currency. Minting it in Philadelphia and shipping it to the West Coast, even with the railroad, could take weeks.

  3. Presidential Dollar Coins The purpose of the Presidential Dollar Coin Program was to honor each US President by depicting them on a new one dollar coin. The planning of this program first began on May 17, 2005 when US Senator John E. Sununu (R-New Hampshire) introduced the idea in Senate Bill 1047.

    President Name / Year
    Release Date
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    Term In Office
    Joe Biden
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    46th President 2020-Present
    Donald Trump
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    45th President 2016-2020
    Barack Obama
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    44th President 2009-2016
    George W. Bush
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    43rd President 2001-2009
  4. Oct 20, 2022 · Learning Guide. Coin Collecting. What You Need to Know About Gold $1 Liberty Head Coins. Published on October 20, 2022. by APMEX. Gold $1 Liberty Head coins are extremely popular and widely sought-after American coins. First produced in 1849, Liberty Head coins were the first dollar coin used in the United States minted in gold.

  5. Feb 25, 2021 · U.S. Dollar Coins: History and Current Status. The Secretary of Treasury, through the U.S. Mint, is statutorily authorized to issue specific denominations of circulating coins (31 U.S.C. §5112). The dollar coin was first authorized in the Coinage Act of 1792 (1 Stat. 246) and initially featured images such as Liberty on the (front) obverse and ...

  6. Flowing Hair Silver Dollars (1794-1795) The first silver dollar ever made by the United States Mint was the Flowing Hair dollar, featuring a portrait of Miss Liberty with long locks on the obverse (“heads side”) and an eagle encircled within a wreath on the reverse (“tails side”).

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  8. Dec 1, 2013 · The groundwork was laid for this fascinating coin in the Carolinas and Georgia, where the nation’s first big gold rush took place in the early 1800s. That rush had a major impact on U.S. coinage, leading to the establishment of two branch mints in the region—in Charlotte, N.C., and Dahlonega, Ga.—and a sharp boost in the number of gold ...

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