United States 2015 Harry S. Truman $1 Coin

Description:

The Presidential Dollar Coin Act (Public Law 109-145) was passed into law on December 22, 2005. The Act compelled the Secretary of the Treasury to “mint coins in commemoration of each of the Nation’s past Presidents and their spouses, respectively, to improve circulation of the $1 coin, [and] to create a new bullion coin”. The architects of the law, citing the success of the 50 States Commemorative Coin Program, believed that the introduction of regularly changing designs would radically increase demand for a $1 coin, which, despite early signs of consumer interest, had failed to achieve widespread use after its debut in 2000.

The first four Presidential dollar designs debuted in 2007. Like the Sacagawea dollar that preceded them, the coins found little public support in commerce. In 2011, the United States Mint curtailed the production of the Presidential (and Native American) dollar coins and began to strike them solely for the purpose of selling them to collectors.

The Harry S. Truman $1 Coin is the first of four Presidential dollar coins issued in 2015.

Obverse: A bust of Harry S. Truman faces forward. Engraver Don Everhart’s initials “DE” appear on the right slightly above the bust truncation. Wrapping around the coin, inside the thick rim are the inscriptions HARRY S. TRUMAN, IN GOD WE TRUST, 33rd PRESIDENT and 1945-1953.

Reverse: Don Everhart’s reverse design features an ant’s-eye view of the Statue of Liberty offset to the left. On the coin, Liberty occupies bottom right quadrant of the coin, her extended elbow being the coin’s center point. The design is framed by a thin inner circle, which separates the graphic design from the coin’s legend, which reads UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Beneath Liberty’s extended torch-bearing arm is the denomination $1. This is the common reverse design for all Presidential Series $1 coins.

Designer(s): Don Everhart joined the United States Mint sculpting and engraving department in 2004, after a long and successful career as a sculptor and designer of medals (View Designer’s Profile).

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