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Presidential dollar coins (authorized by Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 109–145 (text), 119 Stat. 2664, enacted December 22, 2005) are a series of United States dollar coins with engravings of relief portraits of U.S. presidents on the obverse and the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) on the reverse.
Learn which presidents have appeared on U.S. banknotes, coins, and commemorative pieces, and when and how they were issued. See the list of presidents by order of service, from George Washington to Barack Obama.
Learn about the history, design, and circulation of the $2 bill, a current denomination of U.S. currency featuring Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence. Find out why the $2 bill is rare, how to spend it, and what makes it different from other notes.
Learn about the history, design, and features of the U.S. one-dollar bill, the lowest value denomination of paper currency. See images of different variants of the note, from 1862 to present, featuring George Washington and other figures.
Learn about the history and types of US banknotes, from Continental currency to Federal Reserve Notes. The largest denomination ever printed was $10,000, last issued in 1945.
Learn how the United States dollar was established in 1792 as a local version of the Spanish dollar, and how it evolved from a bimetallic to a gold standard and then to a fiat currency. Explore the origins, design, and role of the U.S. dollar in international trade and the Federal Reserve System.
The Eisenhower dollar is a one-dollar coin issued by the United States Mint from 1971 to 1978, with a silver core and a copper-nickel clad. Learn about the background, mintage, and features of this coin, which honors President Dwight D. Eisenhower and the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon mission.
Dollar coins have never been popular in circulation since their inception. Despite efforts by the U.S. government to promote their use to save the cost of printing one dollar bills, the Anthony Dollar, the Sacagawea Dollar and the Presidential Dollar Series are all seldom seen in circulation, since most Americans prefer to use the dollar bill. [1]