Talk:Presidential dollar coins

True or false: the coins in this act will include pictures of all the Presidents from Washington to Nixon and Reagan. 66.245.127.112 23:44, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)

True Juppiter 18:52, 18 Sep 2004 (UTC)

The above should probably be included in the article. I'll add it, but I have some assumptions I'd like verified. One has to be dead to be included on a coin, I'm quite certain, so if this bill had gone through and, say, Ford were to die soon, he would be included in the series as well, right? Or would he have to be dead for a certain length of time? -R. fiend 23:26, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

From what I've heard, it will be all presidents, including those that are currently alive, such as the Bushes. It's thus quite likely that it will break the custom of only dead people on the money. I don't have references for this, though, so it shouldn't be added unless it can be verified or discredited Nik42 22:57, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

I'm looking right now at the text of the bill, and it says all $1 coins issued on and after January 1, 2006, shall have a design on the obverse selected in accordance with paragraph (2)(B), which is emblematic of a deceased former President of the United States, and a design on the reverse selected in accordance with paragraph (2)(A). (emphasis mine) So, it looks like living former Presidents will not, in fact, be on the coins [1] Nik42 07:47, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

Now it is the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005. It has passed the House and at the time of this post, is in a Senate committee. 24.54.208.177 05:03, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

The theoretical timeline does not take into account that Grover Cleveland will be honored twice, having served two non-consecutive terms (according to the plain language of the House bill). Also, although the current custom is to not issue coins featuring living persons, the law would require the Mint to issue coins featuring living former presidents at the time their place in the sequence was reached, notwithstanding the custom. These two things should be updated when the entry is moved. Jwolfe 12:16, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

I wonder if it would actually stop with George W Bush, or if it would be extended to include whichever Presidents follow him ... Nik42 04:13, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

George Washington dollar

Any info on what the George Washington dollar that will be the first of the dollars in this sequence will look like?? Feel free to put any info, including whether it is silver or gold, in your list. Georgia guy 22:48, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Future presidents

OK, we know the series is going to go at least until 2016 and maybe into 2017, depending on how many past presidents pass away between now and then. But being the slightly anal-retentive nitpicker that I am (and God loves me for it), I'm compelled to ask this question.

Does the Act provide for any future presidents to be included in the set? Between now and 2016 we'll have had at least two, maybe three new presidents in our nation's history (and perhaps more, in the event that one dies in office or resigns). Let's say, theoretically, that President X, newly elected President in the 2008 election, dies of pneumonia shortly after taking office. Would President X be included in the set eight years later, or does the act only allow for the possibility of everyone up to and including George W. Bush to be in the set? ekedolphin 04:52, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Actually, nevermind. Just read part of a sentence that I'd missed the first time, and my answer, apparently, is yes. Reading is fundamental. :D ekedolphin 04:53, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

How shortly? Are we talking dethroning William Henry Harrison?

Immediately after finishing the Oath of Office, he drops dead of a heart attack.  ;-) Nik42 05:06, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

What color?

What color will the coin be? 71.199.123.24 07:29, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Cleveland counted twice

As mentioned above but starting a new section for it: will Cleveland get two coins? I can't image that he would but stranger/odder things have happened. :) Cburnett 23:10, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, here we go 31 USC 5112(n)(3)(B):

(i) IN GENERAL- Subject to clause (ii), only 1 coin design shall be issued for a period of service for any President, no matter how many consecutive terms of office the President served.

(ii) NONCONSECUTIVE TERMS- If a President has served during 2 or more nonconsecutive periods of service, a coin shall be issued under this subsection for each such nonconsecutive period of service.

Cburnett 23:18, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, is it yet known whether the 2 Cleveland coins will look different?? According to the rule of when they will be released, they will be in the spring and fall of 2012, respectively. Georgia guy 18:28, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

I hope it doesn't look like a quarter

The day I gave away a sacagawea dollar thinking it was a quarter is the day I stopped using them. They really need to differentiate them more. And considering the first one will have George Washingtons portrait on it...

I dont know how you could have done it, since theyre different colors. Assuming the rpesidentital cards will also be gold, there shouldnt be a problem. Also, dont forget to sign your comments. Jamesinclair 05:13, 16 August 2006 (UTC)