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Abigail Adams First Spouse Gold Coins

Abigail Adams was the spouse of the United States’ second President, John Adams, who took the Presidential office after George Washington. Abigail was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, on November 11th, 1744. The Abigail Adams First Spouse Gold Coin was released on the same day as the release of the Martha Washington first spouse gold coins, which was on June 19th 2007. It was the second edition of the series that [...]

Martha Washington First Spouse Gold Coin

The Martha Washington First Spouse Gold Coin was the first edition of the First Spouse Gold Coins series that honours the United States’ Presidents’ spouses. The Martha Washington gold coins were officially released by the United States Mint to the public on 19th June, 2007. Martha Washington served as the First Lady for President George Washington from the year 1789 to 1797, during President Washington’s in charge in the presidential [...]

First Spouse Gold Coins Program

The First Spouse Gold Coin program came into existence when the first spouse gold coins featuring Martha Washington, Abigail James, Lady Liberty for Thomas Jefferson, and Dolley Madison was authorized by the United States of America. Both the Presidents and their first spouse’s gold coins were circulated at the same time under the 2005 Presidential $1 Coin Act as explicitly stated. In cases such of Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson and [...]

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Designer of the Multi-million Dollar Coin

Augustus Saint-Gaudens rose to fame as the great designer of the world’s most valuable American coin ever. In 1888, Augustus was born in Dublin, Ireland. When he was around six months old, his family moved to America. Born of a French father and an Irish mother and now, being raised in New York, Saint-Gaudens had a very rich and very diverse cultural background. Being attracted to the world of the [...]

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