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Because of the cost. for a complete set you have to get P, D, and two S's (clad and Sliver) for everything except the penny and nickel (except for 2004-05 when you had four nickels, too). I don't want another 1936.

Too much is too much. Look at Canada!

 

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Where did you hear about this? I am looking forward to the Prez Dollars and would like to attend this since I live in DC.

Thanks!

 

There's an article in the most recent issue of Coin World about the announcement.

Unfortunately, this announcement appears in the Nov 27th issue of Coin World:

"The public will not be admitted to the unveiling of the 2007 Presidential dollar designs due to limited space at the National Portrait Gallery"

 

First Presidential Dollar e-mail from the US Mint

I signed up some time ago for an e-mail newsletter about the Presidential Dollars. I received the first issue today;

United States Mint Presidential $1 Coin e-Newsletter, Issue 1 — November 2006

PROFILES
A United States Mint e-Newsletter about the Presidential $1 Coins
Issue 1, November 2006

In This Issue:

• First Glimpse Coming Soon of Presidential $1 Coin Images
• Presidential $1 Coin Program Modeled After 50 State Quarters® Program
• First Spouses To Be Honored Through Collectible Coin Series
• Fast Facts

First Glimpse Coming Soon of Presidential $1 Coin Images
For more than 200 years, U.S. presidents have left indelible marks on American history. Soon, these past presidents will make history once again, through the launch of the United States Mint's Presidential $1 Coin Program, honoring the service of these former leaders with a series of circulating Presidential $1 Coins.
The United States Mint, along with the Federal Reserve, is providing the first glimpse of the first four Presidential $1 Coin designs on November 20, 2006. This unveiling will be followed by the official release of the first Presidential $1 Coin, featuring George Washington, on February 15, 2007 — in time for Presidents Day. New Presidential $1 Coins will be issued quarterly thereafter through at least 2016, in the order in which the presidents served. Additional $1 coins scheduled for circulation in 2007 will feature Presidents John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Also, a complete, printable coin release schedule is available.

Presidential $1 Coin Program Modeled After 50 State Quarters® Program
More Americans are likely to use and collect a $1 coin if it has an attractive, educational rotating design, according to a September, 2002, Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report to Congress. The Presidential $1 Coin Program, modeled after the United States Mint's successful 50 State Quarters® Program, features a systematically rotating coin design that could greatly interest the American public.
Also, just as the 50 State Quarters Program highlights American history through each state for which a quarter is issued, the Presidential $1 Coin Program will offer a comparable educational component. In early 2007, the United States Mint will offer free, downloadable lesson plans (for grades K-12) about the coins, U.S. Presidents and U.S. history on www.usmint.gov/kids.

First Spouses to Be Honored through Collectible Coin Series
In addition to recognizing U.S. presidents on the new $1 coins, the United States Mint will issue a parallel series of collectible gold bullion coins to commemorate the First Spouses. A separate coin will be designed and issued for each of the presidential spouses. The coins will bear the First Spouse's name and likeness on one side with images reflective of their life and work on the reverse. See Fast Fact below for more information.
These uncirculated and proof one-half ounce 24-karat gold $10 coins will be issued under the same yearly release schedule as the corresponding Presidential $1 Coins, beginning with Martha Washington in 2007. The United States Mint will also strike bronze medals that bear the likenesses of these coins and they will be included in educational collector's sets as well as sold individually.

Fast Facts

• No Presidential $1 Coin may bear the image of a living former or current president.
• The Presidential $1 Coin Act calls for alternative designs to ensure continuity of the First Spouse Bullion Coin Program through periods in which the president served without a spouse. In such cases, the image on the coin's obverse must represent the concept of "Liberty" through an image represented on a U.S. coin during that president's period of service. The reverse should reflect themes of the respective president's life.
• Chester A. Arthur, the 21st President of the United States, served between September, 1881, and March, 1885. Arthur's wife, Ellen Lewis Herndon, died before Arthur became president. As Arthur served without a First Spouse, the Presidential $1 Coin Act outlines that his companion First Spouse coin should incorporate the name and likeness of Alice Paul, a leading strategist in the suffragette movement. Paul was instrumental in gaining women the right to vote and was born during Arthur's term.
• The Presidential $1 Coin Act also calls for the issuance of Buffalo $50 Gold Bullion and Proof Coins, which bear the original designs by James Earle Fraser, which appear on the 5-cent coin commonly known as the "Buffalo Nickel."
• In preparation for the upcoming 2009 bicentennial of President Abraham Lincoln's birth and the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Lincoln cent, the Presidential $1 Coin Act calls for the issuance of a series of one-cent coins with reverse designs emblematic of four major periods of Lincoln's life.

Presidential $1 Coins will be available in the United States Mint's annual coin sets, which can be purchased directly from the United States Mint. Visit www.usmint.gov.

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Oh well, thanks for the info!

 

I like the idea of a series of commemorative 1c. coins.That will be a historic event in 2009.

Aidan.

 

I just heard that dansco will have 3 different albums out in about 3 weeks. An album that will have spaces for one coin of each president, An album that will have just the P & D of each president, and an album that will have PDSS. Is the SS an S uncirculated & S proof? I think so. That's different from the sacagawea. The saca only has one S a proof.

 

i am very excited bout this set. just think little ikes! i bet the mint offers the kennedy half and kennedy dollar as a special set like the bobby kennedy commeritive. guess we shall see.

 

I don't think there will be another coin depicting Dwight Eisenhower,apart from the one in the Presidential coin series,as Dwight Eisenhower was President of America from 1953 to 1960.

Aidan.

 

I will have to wait for the Nixon dollar since he was my CIC.

 

I still don't understand the logic behind this. There were four presidents that did not have a wife while they served in office. For three of them we will get a representation of Libery as she appeared on a coin issued during their term of office. On one of them we get a portrait of a an actual person that has no connection at all to that presidency. And they claim this is to retain a continuity in the series??? Why not protray Liberty on this coin as well? It is possible to do so and not repeat an image of Liberty that was previously used for one of the others. (sarcasm on) Or maybe the other three should also picture a woman that had nothing to do with the particular presidency too. (sarcasm off)

 

Any ideas what the gold bullion coins will cost?

 

Probably substantially more than their bullion value. :headbang:

 

Yes, the 1/2oz 24k first spouse ones. If they're close to melt I might buy some, otherwise, nah...

 

Yes, close to melt. If we're lucky they'll be as close to melt as the $800 Gold Buffalo, only $150 over spot. Half ounce First Lady coins - I predict $90 over spot.

 

While I think some of the potential designs will be very nice, I am simply no longer interested in commemorative type coins from the mint anymore. WHO would want a Jimmy Carter coin? I'd take a Billy Beer beer can over a Jimmy Carter coin any day (it's worth more)

I agree with the sentiments of "when will this program end". It won't as long as we have presidents. There's little if any numismatic value for the silver coins unless silver hits $25+. The Gold coins of the spouses may be somewhat more valuable, but from the designs I've seen, I'd rather buy $5 or $10 Indian Head & Liberty Gold Coins.

Out of the 25 Commemorative Silver dollar coins I currently own, 24 are going up on eBay after the holidays. The only one I'm keeping is the 2001 Buffalo $1. If I get only what I paid for them (minus the Buffalo), that will be enough to snag my $20 St Gauden & $20 Liberty Double Eagles.

My $0.02.

 

Ok, Here they are.

http://www.usmint.gov/images/mint_programs/$1coin/4Presidents.jpg

and the Rev. and edge.

http://www.usmint.gov/mint%5Fprograms/%241coin/index.cfm?action=$1coinFlash

I'll collect a set.

 

How about the women who were "white house Hostess?" the first woman to be called "first lady" was James Buchanan's neice.

 

However, it will face a dilemma sometime in the next decade if it sticks to its four presidents-a-year schedule. The law specifies no living former president can appear on a coin, but chances are high that Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will still be alive when it comes time for their dollars in 2017.

Moy said Ronald Regan is the next eligible candidate to appear on the face of the coin. However, the coin will not be released until the demise of Ford and Carter because the coins are released in order of when they served as president.

I'm sure Ford will be gone when his time comes up but all those Regan fans might have to root for Carters demise to get their guy on a dollar.