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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 100128, member: 4626&quot;]Yes, but those were not coins in the technical sense, and Washington wasn&#039;t elected president until 1789.</p><p><br /></p><p>Washington&#039;s first appearance on what can be strictly defined as a US coin was on the Lafayette dollar commemorative in 1900, making Washington the first US president to show up on a US coin.&nbsp; He&#039;s also been on the 1926 Sesquicentennial as mentioned earlier, the 1982 commemorative honoring his 250th anniversary, the 1991 Mount Rushmore commemoratives (half dollar, one dollar, five dollar gold piece), and of course every regular issue quarter from 1932 to the present.&nbsp; That&#039;s a lot of appearances for someone who was disgusted at the idea of featuring presidents on coins, lol, have to love the irony.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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