"Sacagawea, the Shoshone Indian who bravely guided Lewis and Clark on their journey through the Northwest Territory, was the first - and until 2007, the only - historical figure to be honored on U.S. golden dollars. In December 2005, however, Congress approved the creation of new dollar coinage, known as Presidential dollars, and President George W. Bush signed the legislation into law shortly afterward. During each year from 2007 - 2016, four different dollar designs, each bearing the image of a different president, are being released. Living presidents, both current and former, are excluded from the program. Grover Cleveland, who to date is the only president to serve multiple nonconsecutive terms, will be represented with two coins." - Whitman Publishing
Composition: Outer layers of manganese brass ( 77% copper, 12% zinc, 7% manganese, and 4% nickel ) bonded to an inner core of pure copper. Diameter: 26.5 mm Weight: 8.1 grams Edge: Smooth, with incused characters
Presidential Dollars
Collection 2007 - 2011
Number One
- 2007: George Washington ( 1789 - 1797 ) , John Adams ( 1797 - 1801 ) , Thomas Jefferson ( 1801 - 1809 ) , James Madison ( 1809 - 1817 )
2008: James Monroe ( 1817 - 1825 ) , John Quincy Adams ( 1825 - 1829 ) , Andrew Jackson ( 1829 - 1837 ) , Martin Van Buren ( 1837 - 1841 )
- 2009: William Henry Harrison ( 1841 ) , John Tyler ( 1841 - 1845 ) , James K. Polk ( 1845 - 1849 ) , Zachary Taylor ( 1849 - 1850 )
2010: Millard Fillmore ( 1850 - 1853 ) , Franklin Pierce ( 1853 - 1857 ) , James Buchanan ( 1857 - 1861 ) , Abraham Lincoln ( 1861 - 1865 )
- 2011: Andrew Johnson ( 1865 - 1869 ) , Ulysses S. Grant ( 1869 - 1877 ) , Rutherford B. Hayes ( 1877 - 1881 ) , James A. Garfield ( 1881 ) , 4 Unlabeled Coin Slots