Can George Washington and Thomas Jefferson succeed where Susan B. Anthony and Sacajawea failed? The U.S. Mint is hoping America's presidents will win acceptance, finally, for the maligned dollar coin. The public will get the chance to decide starting in February when the first of the new coins, bearing the image of the first president, is introduced.
Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison are scheduled to grace the coin in 2007, with a different president appearing every three months.
The series will honor four different presidents per year, in the order they served in office. Each president will appear on only one coin, except for Grover Cleveland, who will be on two because he was the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms. To be depicted on a coin, a president must have been dead for at least two years
For the first time since 1932, the phrases " E pluribus unum" and "In God We Trust," the year and the mint markings all move to the edge of the coin, to free up more space on the face of the coin for the design - presidential visage on the front, Lady Liberty on the back - big and bold, gold and splashy. ...Read more about the coins here...>
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