The Indian Head Quarter Eagle Coins or the Indian Eagle Head $2.50 were initially designed by Bela Lyon Pratt in 1908. The idea of changing the original coins design with the portrait of Lady Liberty to double eagle and eagle was made by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1901. The first designer to make the new design on the $10 gold coins was Augustus St Gaudens, who sculpted both the double [...]
The First Spouse Gold Coins Program’s thirteenth release by the United States Mint was of the Margaret Taylor’s series. The series were the final release of 2009 when they were made available on December 3rd 2009. Margaret Taylor was born Margaret Mackall Smith on September 21st, 1788, and was wife of the 12th United States President, Zachary Taylor, whom she married on June 21st, 1810. Margaret Taylor’s married life to [...]
The Sarah Polk First Spouse Gold Coins series was the 12th coins series issued in honour of the President’s spouses. The release of the series also marked the third series that was released in 2009 and began its circulation on September 3rd that year. Sarah Polk was born Sarah Childress on September 4th, 1803, and was the First Spouse of the United States’ 11th President, James Polk. Sarah Polk married [...]
Julia Gardiner Tyler was President John Tyler’s second wife, whom he married after the death of his first wife and former First Spouse, Letitia Tyler. The first spouse gold coins series marked the 11th instalment in the program and 2009’s third first spouse gold coins release. The Julia Tyler First Spouse Gold Coins series were released on August 6th, 2009, by the United States Mint. Julia Gardiner Tyler was born [...]
Letitia Tyler First Spouse Gold Coins are the 10th installment of the First Spouse Gold Coins series and was made available for circulation on July 2nd, 2009. The series were the second series to be released in the same year after Anna Harrison. Letitia Tyler, who was born on November 12th, 1790, was a mannerly Southern lady and was at peace playing the role as a housewife. She found contentment [...]