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 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 [...]
