The Eisenhower Dollar And My Dream

The responses have been great. I can't believe I completely forgot about the Peace dollar resuming in 1934! Geez. But really, I was thinking of an instance where a coin design resumed and continued for several years after a much longer hiatus. The 1964 Peace dollar would have been a perfect example of this had it continued to be minted for many years after 1964. That would have been a 29 year gap in production. I wonder if this has indeed occurred elsewhere in the world.

I really like BamaBlue's response here.

I also am not a big fan of putting political or in my case, any personalities on American currency. Although many have made great contributions, they were human and if enough research is done flaws in their character can be found.

I prefer personifications and symbols that represent America rather than the celebration of individuals. The state is more important than any individual and that's what should be celebrated.

There is a reason why the Ikes were discontinued, the coins are ok but lets not bring'em back, the past is the past and lets move on. And to be honest, I'm tired of Ike on coinage, he shows up every few years anyway.

Well, there's a sort-of example... French 1 franc coins were minted in essentially the same design in 1898-1920 and 1960-2001.
This was actually a bit closer to what the OP probably intended - a specific recreation of a design (after a period with many other designs) rather than just a gap with no coins being minted (which was actually fairly common, but never quite as long because 1) in practice there just weren't many really old designs, and 2) all the on-and-off types were usually only minted one years at a time; ignoring Morgans and SBAs because these recreations only lasted one year each, the longest such gap in US coinage was in Classic Head Half Cents - none were minted for 13 years between 1811 and 1825).

If my coins dreams would come true, I would have a $20 gold coin. I dreamed of finding it inside a water-fountain

Also, ike's are still being used as change, it's just that people who get them are saving them.

Thanks for the links, Sap. That is exactly the kind of example I was thinking about. Wow, a hundred-year gap between mintings of basically the same design. Now I wonder if that is a record for this sort of thing. ;-)

We will not. Legislation calls for a "Washington Crossing the Delaware" reverse when the ATB program ends.

https://goccf.com/t/115396

To the original question, with US coins examples have been given, but there's something about the precise situation envisioned in the OP which does not match those examples. All of the examples were the mint resuming production of a current design, not producing a design that was used and has since been superseded by another (as the Ike dollar has been by the SBA and Native American dollars).

Although, I would be quite pleased (and would buy) in 2021 and 2029 90% silver Ike and SBA 50th anniversary coins should they be produced. A good dream, and I definitely share it.