Presidential Dollars

I've been hunting them pretty hard and my latest is Chester A. Arthur, 21st... I think that was the last circulation strike. not sure what year it is I hate that it's on the edge and you have to handle them more than other coins but yes post '12 coins are NIFC, as far as I know, nice grab on the Teddy I think they are still being issued in rolls so you can get them at a premium and I guess some people do then just spend them, or give them as gifts that are spent.




Well you found one so they are out there, I for one will continue searching them, a few rolls at a time, just for the fun of it.

There are so many threads about the dying half and dollar coin it's not even funny. The Ike came out when the dollar was sliding and gas prices were soaring, also check and credit cards have taken over a lot of peoples spending. When it was almost an ounce of silver (Morgan) the weight and dimensions were not as much of a problem and the buying power of one was much more, and of course the size has always been the issue with the SBA and later 'small dollar' coins... too close to a quarter, and easily spent as one.

I'd agree it's the worst sets produced because it was produced by the people that give free gifts of plastic shopping bags and hype it like it's made of gold

And did I see people saying that the free plastic garbage bag... errr I mean FREE MINT BAG... was only free if you paid separate shipping on it

"Here's a piece of junk and it's FREE now pay us to send it to you"

Because when given a choice, we choose what we are familiar with. Get rid of the one dollar note and they will circulate.

Hopefully one day jbuck.

One day, indeed.

It also depends on the cashiers. It seems foreigners are virtually allergic to the coins. I tell my employees repeatedly to just use them. I took the register from one of the guys, and in 4 customers I had handed out all 6 in his drawer. He still acts as if they are covered in acid.

Regardless, I do not like them when they get circulated. The brown color they turn reminds me of my sons diapers on a bad day. I am completing my Danscos from mint sets and only ordering certain Presidents for sale.

I really don't like that it is cumbersome to find the mint mark on the edge of the President $1 coins. Like jbuck points out, that once you place them in an album, you can not see the mint mark unless you take them back out. I wish them would put the date a mint mark on the obverse as with most coins today.

I agree, I would be a lot more excited about them. Maybe they would also give more attention to the portraits being used.

Truth be told, if they were not included in the proof sets, I might not really care to build the album.

The color is sort of dictated, though, by the need to differentiate them from Quarters and the limits of the alloy. Even a different color, I often find myself (I carry Presidential dollars a lot) absentmindedly about to give them out as Quarters.