Dollar Days

Do you have a dollar coin and want to know how much it's worth? Leave a comment/question and I will do my best to find out the price and history for you.

While I've been good about collecting the statehood quarters it has been more difficult to collect the presidential dollars. Why? Simple they're dollars. I only get them in change when I buy Metrocards with large bills.

Another reason is because the get so ugly so quick. Even though they adjust the washing and minting process a little they still do not hold up well.

In the past week I got my hands on a few and kept only those I don't already have.


All the reverses are the same so I only needed to show it once. The John Quincy Adams and the Thomas Jefferson dollars have the edge lettering facing up or normal when the president's bust is on top.

The James Monroe dollar has the edge lettering upside down when the president's face is up.

This is not an error. The edge lettering was never meant to face any particular direction. The explanation giving by the mint is that when the coin gets the edge lettering it is thrown in randomly either face up or down. It is not even considered a variety by most collectors since it was done on purpose. Plus the normal or upside down version run about 50%-50%.

Here is the schedule for public release courtesy of the U.S. Mint website.

Presidential Dollar Coin Release Schedule

Year		President	Years Served	Release Date
2007	1	George Washington	1789-1797	February 15
	2	John Adams	1797-1801	May 17
	3	Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	August 16
	4	James Madison	1809-1817	November 15
2008	5	James Monroe	1817-1825	February 14
	6	John Quincy Adams	1825-1829	May 15
	7	Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	August 14
	8	Martin Van Buren	1837-1841	November 13

Here's the stats but be aware all mintage's are estimated and it may takes years to get an accurate count...
Type/Country: 1 Dollar-John Quincy Adams/United States
Year: 2008 P (Edge normal)
Mintage: 57,540,000
Metal: 88.5% Copper, 6% Zinc, 3.5% Manganese, and 2% Nickel
Value: $1.00 in G-4
Type/Country: 1 Dollar-Thomas Jefferson/United States
Year: 2007 P (Edge normal)
Mintage: 100,800,000
Metal: 88.5% Copper, 6% Zinc, 3.5% Manganese, and 2% Nickel
Value: $1.00 in F-12

Type/Country: 1 Dollar-James Monroe/United States
Year: 2008 P (Edge upside-down)
Mintage: 84,560,000
Metal: 88.5% Copper, 6% Zinc, 3.5% Manganese, and 2% Nickel
Value: $1.00 in F-12


Do you have a presidential coin and want to know how much it's worth? Leave a comment/question and I will do my best to find out the price and history for you.