US Mints:
Philadelphia - P
Denver - D
San Francisco - S
1 Dollar - Sacagawea Dollar
Years: 2000-2008
Metal: Copper-Zinc-Manganese-Nickel clad Copper
Weight: 8.1 gm
Diameter: 26.5 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Engravers: G. Goodacre (obverse)
T. D. Rogers (reverse)
Metal: Copper-Zinc-Manganese-Nickel clad Copper
Weight: 8.1 gm
Diameter: 26.5 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Engravers: G. Goodacre (obverse)
T. D. Rogers (reverse)
Obverse features Sacagawea (1788-1812), a Shoshone native American, with her son Jean Baptiste Charbonneau. She was a translator and guide to the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Reverse features Eagle in flight.
Reverse features Eagle in flight.
The Sacagawea dollar (also known as the "golden dollar") is a United States dollar coin that has been minted every year since 2000. These coins have a copper core clad by manganese brass, giving them a distinctive golden color. The coin features an obverse by Glenna Goodacre. From 2000 to 2008, the reverse design featured an eagle design by Thomas D. Rogers. Since 2009, the reverse of the Sacagawea dollar has been changed yearly, with each design in the series depicting a different aspect of Native American cultures.
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| Sacagawea Statue in North Dakota |
Sacagawea was a Lemhi Shoshone woman, who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition, acting as an interpreter and guide, in their exploration of the Western United States. She traveled thousands of miles from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean between 1804 and 1806.
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The Presidential $1 Coins
The United States is honoring Nation's Presidents by issuing $1 coins featuring their images in the order that they served, The Program began in 2007 with Presidents Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Madison.
The United States Mint mints and issues four Presidential $1 Coins per year, each with a common reverse design featuring a striking rendition of the Statue of Liberty.
In 2009, the inscription IN GOD WE TRUST was moved from the edge to the face of the coin.
The United States Mint mints and issues four Presidential $1 Coins per year, each with a common reverse design featuring a striking rendition of the Statue of Liberty.
In 2009, the inscription IN GOD WE TRUST was moved from the edge to the face of the coin.
Metal composition and size of all presidential coins remains same as given below:
Metal: Manganese-brass (Cu 88.5%, Zn 6%, Mn 3.5%, Ni 2%)
Weight: 8.1 gm
Diameter: 26.6 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 8.1 gm
Diameter: 26.6 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Obverse: Shows the name and likeness of a US President, the term in office, the number indicating the order in which the President served and 'In God We Trust'.
Reverse: The word 'Liberty' does not appear on the Precidential $1 coins, as it does on all other circulating coins.Rather, each coin represents this important value by depicting the Statue of Liberty on the reverse.
Edge Lettering: Several inscriptions traditionally found on the face of circulating coins have been moved to the edge, making these coins unique among US circulating coins. They are 'E Pluribus Unum', the year of minting and the mint mark.
Reverse: The word 'Liberty' does not appear on the Precidential $1 coins, as it does on all other circulating coins.Rather, each coin represents this important value by depicting the Statue of Liberty on the reverse.
Edge Lettering: Several inscriptions traditionally found on the face of circulating coins have been moved to the edge, making these coins unique among US circulating coins. They are 'E Pluribus Unum', the year of minting and the mint mark.
US Presidential Dollar #18: Ulysses S. Grant
Born in 1822, Ulysses S. Grant was the son of an Ohio tanner. He went to West Point and fought in the Mexican War under General Zachary Taylor. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Grant was appointed to command an unruly volunteer regiment. By September 1861, he had risen to the rank of brigadier general of volunteers. President Lincoln later promoted him to major general of volunteers. After he won battles at Vicksburg, Miss., and Chattanooga, Tenn., Lincoln appointed him general-in-chief in March 1864. Finally, on April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered.
As the symbol of Union victory during the Civil War, General Ulysses S. Grant was the Republican Party’s logical candidate for President in 1868. As President, he allowed radical Reconstruction to run its course in the south, bolstering it at times with military force. Under his administration, Yellowstone was established as the first national park and Congress passed a bill calling for equal pay for women and men holding similar jobs in federal government agencies. The happiest day of the Grant presidency was May 21, 1874, when his daughter Nellie was married in an extravagant White House wedding. After retiring from the presidency, Grant learned that he had cancer of the throat. At the suggestion of author Mark Twain, he started writing his memoirs to help pay off his debts and provide for his family; Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant became a best-seller. The book is today considered one of the finest military autobiographies ever written. Soon after completing the last page, he died on July 23, 1885.
As the symbol of Union victory during the Civil War, General Ulysses S. Grant was the Republican Party’s logical candidate for President in 1868. As President, he allowed radical Reconstruction to run its course in the south, bolstering it at times with military force. Under his administration, Yellowstone was established as the first national park and Congress passed a bill calling for equal pay for women and men holding similar jobs in federal government agencies. The happiest day of the Grant presidency was May 21, 1874, when his daughter Nellie was married in an extravagant White House wedding. After retiring from the presidency, Grant learned that he had cancer of the throat. At the suggestion of author Mark Twain, he started writing his memoirs to help pay off his debts and provide for his family; Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant became a best-seller. The book is today considered one of the finest military autobiographies ever written. Soon after completing the last page, he died on July 23, 1885.
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