John Quincy Adams Dollar Coin
Today is May 15th, and most coin collecting enthusiasts should recognize today as the day that the latest edition of the Presidential Dollar Coin Series gets released to the public. We have actually had these coins sitting in our vault for a week or so now, but we were not allowed to give them out to the public until the 15th. Let the feeding frenzy begin! This is the sixth coin in the Presidential Series that began in 2007.
It may be interesting to note that John Quincy Adams was the son of the second President, John Adams. Quincy Adams only served one term in office, but later went to serve nine terms in the US House of Representatives. He and Andrew Johnson are the only two Presidents to have done this.
On May 19th, 1828, Quincy Adams set forth a Coinage Legislation that provided the following according to the US Mint:
- directs the location of the United States Mint to remain in Philadelphia indefinitely;
- establishes a standard weight for the Mint’s use;
- makes provisions for payment for the testing of silver bullion brought to the Mint for coinage;
- authorizes employment of clerks at the Mint; and
- authorizes the Director of the Mint to assay bullion not intended for coinage and to issue certificates of fineness at the owners’ expense.
You can read the Act in its’ original form here.
Believe it or not, the US Mint has a presidential dollar coin screensaver. You can download this here. The download comes in .zip format from the US Mint website so you know that it is safe.
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