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<p>[QUOTE="Collecting Nut, post: 3017094, member: 74863"]For the Presidential Dollars a president must be dead 2 years. All coins have been produced and only presidents not on the series are still alive. Congress would have to enact new legislation to have them added to the series after their death. Only Congress can make coinage laws. The first dead president to appear on a circulation issue coin was Abraham Lincoln in 1909. George Washington was first on a coin but he was on a commemorative.</p><p>Only 6 people were living when they appeared on a coin. Each was authorized by Congress.</p><p>1921-Gov. T E Kilby Alabama Centennial</p><p>1926-President Calvin Collidge Sesquicentennial of American Independence</p><p>1936-Senator Carter Glass Sesquicentennial Coin Lynchburg, VA</p><p>1936-Senator J T Robinson on the Arkansas-Robinson Centennial </p><p>1995-Eunice Kennedy Shriver Special Olympics World Games </p><p>2016-Nancy Reagan 1st Spouse $10.00 Gold Coin. She died on March 6, 2016 before the release of this coin but the coin was approved and minted prior to her death.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Collecting Nut, post: 3017094, member: 74863"]For the Presidential Dollars a president must be dead 2 years. All coins have been produced and only presidents not on the series are still alive. Congress would have to enact new legislation to have them added to the series after their death. Only Congress can make coinage laws. The first dead president to appear on a circulation issue coin was Abraham Lincoln in 1909. George Washington was first on a coin but he was on a commemorative. Only 6 people were living when they appeared on a coin. Each was authorized by Congress. 1921-Gov. T E Kilby Alabama Centennial 1926-President Calvin Collidge Sesquicentennial of American Independence 1936-Senator Carter Glass Sesquicentennial Coin Lynchburg, VA 1936-Senator J T Robinson on the Arkansas-Robinson Centennial 1995-Eunice Kennedy Shriver Special Olympics World Games 2016-Nancy Reagan 1st Spouse $10.00 Gold Coin. She died on March 6, 2016 before the release of this coin but the coin was approved and minted prior to her death.[/QUOTE]
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