I can't imagine the mint suddenly stopping the mintage of Sacs. I believe we'll see them for many years to come. Unfortunately! :goofer:
Unlike the State Quarter program and the Westward Journey nickel series, which suspended the issuance of the current design during those programs, the act directs the Mint to continue to issue Sacagawea dollar coins during the Presidential series. At least 1/3 of the dollar coins issued in each year of the program must be Sacagawea dollars; furthermore, the Sacagawea design is required to continue after the program ends. These requirements were added at the behest of the North Dakota congressional delegation to ensure that Sacagawea, whom North Dakotans consider to be one of their own, ultimately remains on the dollar coin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_$1_Coin_Act_of_2005 I just read that the Presidential Dollars will only run for about 11 years. 2016 and beyond (order uncertain) Gerald Ford*, Jimmy Carter*, George H. W. Bush*, Bill Clinton*, George W. Bush*, future Presidents* * If these Presidents or former Presidents are still alive, they will not be honored on the $1 coin. No former President will be depicted on a coin within two years of his death. The timing of the honoring of currently-living Presidents could vary, depending on which of them are still alive when the time comes. Once the program has terminated, continuation of the series for non-honored Presidents (that have died and were not included in this series) will require another act of Congress (31 USC 5112(n)(8)).
1/3 of the mintage, I never really stopped to think about it but we are going to be awash in sackies, they may be forced to kill the dollar bill just to do something with all those coins they can't unload
Not hardly, this is exactly the coin that goes over so big in South America with the indians down there. The good old USA uses these coins to send down for it's part of the trade balance payment to these countries. They not only use them in everyday usage, but think they are great.
