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 [...]
Anna Harrison was the wife of the 9th United States President, William Henry Harrison. She was born on July 25th, 1775 in New Jersey to a family from Long Island. Anna Harrison was an educated woman during her era. Education was highly important to her father who was a New Jersey’s Supreme Court Chief of Justice. Anna Harrison was the first First Spouse to have a formal education documented who [...]
Martin Van Buren, the 8th United States President was born on December 5th 1782. He was the first United States President who was not of British or Irish descent as he came from a Dutch family. Despite that, he was the first President of the United States to be born as an American Citizen compared to his predecessors who were of British-Irish descent. During his early days before serving as [...]