The New Dollar Coins...

They will be in some banks on or about feb 17-18 2007.I know here in Alabama they will be at some Regions Branch's If I remember right they are going to be in 25 count rolls that what the teller told me.
And Coin World said they will be a part of mint&proof set.

Do you think these early presidents will have an effect on men's hair styles in the USA. LOL...I hope not. Next time your at the barber you could ask for a James Madison cut. LOL

well that would totally defeat the pourpose of what they are trying to do, they are minyting these for circulation (atleast thats what I thought) and there is no way they will mine a dollar coin in silver and expect it to circulate because it would have to be so small to be only have 1.00 worth of silver in it that you wouldn't even be able to see the design. you can see how big the "Dollar ASE" is its silver content is way more than the dollar face value of it and thats the reason it was never meant to circulate, and from my understanding that is their plan for these coins

The Mint wants to make a set of dollar coins in silver for collectors not for circulation(so they can make more money).
The Circulation coins will be the same as the sac's.

Silver commemoratives are 38mm when issued from the Mint so they would be much bigger than our current circulating Sackie but, I must assume they would same design, which pretty much guarantees a bland, ugly coin only in silver. The Mint will fool around and suck the life right out of the average collector by flooding the market with new issues so I would think long and hard by tryint to introduce 4 more silver issues each year. It just wouldn't work while producing the circulating coins.

I just got an email on this subject, here it is: This came from the mint of course. I personally don't remember Martha Washington being of portrait status>>>>>( We will see with the new gold coins.


United States Mint Presidential $1 Coin e-Newsletter, Issue 2 — November 2006

PROFILES
A United States Mint e-Newsletter about the Presidential $1 Coins
Issue 2, November 2006

Historic Change is Here


United States Mint Director Edmund C. Moy presides over the public unveiling of the first four designs of the Presidential $1 Coin Program. New Presidential $1 Coin Designs Unveiled
On Monday, November 20, 2006, the United States Mint unveiled the designs for the 2007 Presidential $1 Coins. The event was held at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in front of the famous Gilbert Stuart painting of President George Washington, commonly referred to as the Lansdowne portrait. The event was the public's first glimpse of the George Washington $1 Coin design, which will be released on February 15, 2007, just in time for Presidents Day.

"The new Presidential $1 Coins are an educational and fun way to learn about former presidents," said United States Mint Director Edmund C. Moy. "Our research indicates that, like the 50 State Quarters®, the Presidential $1 Coins will be popular with millions of Americans." Director Moy was joined by Representatives Mike Castle of Delaware and Carolyn Maloney of New York, as well as Louise Roseman, Director of the Division of Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems at the Federal Reserve Board.

Like the United States Mint's 50 State Quarters Program, the Presidential $1 Coin Program features coins with systematically rotating designs. The new coin designs are bold and dramatic. The traditional inscriptions, such as "E Pluribus Unum" and "In God We Trust," as well as the year of minting, or issuance, and the mint mark, appear on the edge of the coin. This edge-incused lettering allows for larger images of the presidents on the obverse and distinguishes them from today's other circulating coins.


George Washington Obverse Edge-Incused Lettering Statue Of Liberty Reverse

Four Presidential $1 Coins will be minted annually, through at least 2016, in order of the presidents' term of office. New designs will be introduced about every three months. The coins scheduled for release in 2007 are:

George Washington $1 Coin:
February 15, 2007
John Adams $1 Coin:
May 2007
Thomas Jefferson $1Coin:
August 2007
James Madison $1 Coin:
November 2007


Who are the Designers, Sculptors and Engravers? George Washington obverse: designed and sculpted by Joseph Menna, United States Mint
John Adams obverse: designed by Joel Iskowitz, Artistic Infusion Program Master Artist, Woodstock, NY; sculpted by Charles Vickers, United States Mint
Thomas Jefferson obverse: designed and sculpted by Joseph Menna, United States Mint
James Madison obverse: designed by Joel Iskowitz, Artistic Infusion Program Master Artist, Woodstock, NY; sculpted by Don Everhart, United States Mint
Statue of Liberty common reverse: designed and sculpted by Don Everhart, United States Mint

Waiting to see if these change what is in circulation.

In Australia there are no longer one or two dollar bank notes and there are no one or Two Cent coins.

Thus any price gets rounded up to the next 5 cents (sometimes but rarely down) and because there are no one or two dollar banknotes it is to easy to spend the money- I found I was more careful spending banknotes but the dollar and two dollar coins are
"only change"
so they go fairly fast.

I know this did not happen with the Susan B Anthony or the Sac dollars but we shall see.