EXTENDING THE PRESIDENTIAL DOLLAR SERIES

Incomplete?

When the state quarter program started, most people deciding to collect them had the reasonable expectation to live for those ten years.

When the presidential dollar coin program was conceived, it was obvious that no one would be able to complete the collection.

Here is an idea for everyone to complete the collection and stay current.

For all of the living presidents, a dollar coin of them in profile, with their presidential #number and dates served.

Each coin needs to look like a coin-meaning they need to be in profile with all of the correct writings in the right places. LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST and the date on the obverse and E PLURIBUS UNUM on the reverse.

For living presidents, the coin would be issued at the start of their term with the date the term started and a STAR added to denote the coin was issued while they were in office.

 
Design A above; Designs B and C

If we want to add the president's name, we could employ the edge lettering.

For the reverse, the same Statue of Liberty design with E PLURIBUS UNUM added.

I realize we do not put living people on coins-this would be the exception. And once every four to eight years we would have another new presidential dollar coin. Like them or hate them, your collection would be complete.

And it could even be exciting to see some history taking place right before our eyes.

Otherwise, at this point, certain living presidents will outlive all of us.

 
Designs D and E

The same approach could be done for the first spouse gold coins.

As long as the money raised goes to the National Debt, we are not competing with the bullion program.

Dollar coin examples A) and B) based on
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/george-washington-1732-1799-medallic-1799761032

Reverse design C) based on
http://www.supercoloring.com/coloring-pages/one-dollar-coin-with-statue-of-liberty

Martha Washington example D) and E) based on
https://www.govmint.com/2pc-2019-50-cent-martha-washngtn-1759-ngc-ms70

 

In addition to coin collecting, coin designing has been an interest of mine. I don't think any classical depiction of the Goddess of Liberty will return to our circulating coinage again, but the Mint has already pretty much decided that the contemporary depiction of Liberty is the Statue of Liberty in New York. While I like that idea (a nice change from less than photogenic frontal profiles of old men), the reverse of the Presidential and American Innovators coins leave a lot to be desired. Instead I wanted to create the feel of an older coin using the Statue of Liberty in profile, with her arm aloft rendered in lower relief. The end result looks almost French, which is quite pleasant in my opinion.

The reverse could be some commemorative thing like what we currently do, or the Sacagawea reverse, which I think is one of the most beautiful designs of any American coin, let alone within the past few decades.

To read the complete discussion thread, see:
Had an idea for a new Dollar coin design so I made one (https://www.reddit.com/r/coins/comments/uunber/had_an_idea
_for_a_new_dollar_coin_design_so_i/)

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