Did You Know There is a New Dollar Coin for 2007

A new $1 coin is being introduced as a result of thebill all at the same time. When Thomas Jefferson has
Presidential Coin Act of 2005, which requires thehis turn, he will appear on the dollar, but also the
United States Mint to mint the dollar coinscurrent nickel and the two dollar bill. Yes, the two
commemorating the service of former United Statesdollar bill is still being produced.
Presidents in the order in which they served. In 2007,Below is the timeframe for the release of the new
the United States Mint will begin production of thisdollar coins.
dollar coin for circulation. Set to be released aroundYear President Years Served
President's day 2007, will be a new dollar coin with2007
George Washington. Also in 2007, we will see a dollar1 George Washington 1789-1797
coin with the next three presidents which were John2 John Adams 1797-1801
Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. This3 Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809
release schedule is similar to the State Quarter4 James Madison 1809-1817
program. About once a quarter, we will see a new2008
design. Like the State Quarter program, the reverse5 James Monroe 1817-1825
of the coin will stay the same. The reverse of the6 John Quincy Adams 1825-1829
dollar coin will feature the Statue of Liberty, the7 Andrew Jackson 1829-1837
slogan "The United States of America" and a one and8 Martin Van Buren 1837-1841
dollar sign to signify its value of 1 dollar.2009
The new coins will be the same size as the existing9 William Henry Harrison 1841
Sacagawea dollar coin and will be the same gold color.10 John Tyler 1841-1845
It will be made of a copper-zinc-manganese-nickel11 James K. Polk 1845-1849
clad copper alloy. The surface of the coin will be12 Zachary Taylor 1849-1850
treated a little differently to slow the tarnishing2010
process which was a big criticism of the Sacagawea13 Millard Fillmore 1850-1853
dollar coin. The Sacagawea coin color was changed in14 Franklin Pierce 1853-1857
an attempt to answer criticisms of the Susan B15 James Buchanan 1857-1861
Anthony Dollar which people confused with a quarter.16 Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865
Unlike past coins, the obverse will not bear the2011
familiar "In God We Trust" or the date of the coin.17 Andrew Johnson 1865-1869
Instead, the issue year, mint mark and motto will18 Ulysses S. Grant 1869-1877
appear in the edge of the coin. Edge lettering has not19 Rutherford B. Hayes 1877-1881
been tried on an American coin since 1933. With the20 James A. Garfield 1893-1897
lettering now on the edge or side of the coin, the2012
portrait on the obverse will be a little larger than21 Chester A. Arthur 1881-1885
normal.22 Grover Cleveland 1885-1889
The new coins are expected to be popular with23 Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893
collectors. The State Quarter program introduced a24 Grover Cleveland 1893-1897
whole new generation to coin collecting and brought2013
non-active collectors back into collecting.25 William McKinley 1897-1901
By law, only those presidents who have been dead26 Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909
for two or more years can appear on a coin. This27 William H. Taft 1909-1913
makes it likely that Bill Clinton and George W Bush will28 Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921
not appear on the coin as they will likely still be alive2014
when there turn comes about. Ronald Reagan, who29 Warren Harding 1921-1923
some people have been pushing for to replace30 Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929
Roosevelt on the dime, will now show up on a coin,31 Herbert Hoover 1929-1933
assume Ford and Carter die two years before their32 Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1933-1945
turn. Presidents who you would never think would2015
ever appear on a coin will now get that chance.33 Harry S Truman 1945-1953
An interesting fact is that Grover Cleveland will show34 Dwight David Eisenhower 1953-1961
up twice as he served two terms but they were not35 John F. Kennedy 1961-1963
consecutive. Additionally, George Washington will36 Lyndon B.
appear on the new dollar coin, the quarter and dollar