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 just to stay behind the microscope and attending to the Tyler’s family needs.
Letitia Tyler First Spouse Gold Coin
Letitia met John Tyler in 1808 during his studies as a law student and courted for five years before John Tyler asked for her hands in marriage. At 23 years of age, Letitia was officially married to John Tyler which led to 29 years of happily married years. Her devotion to her husband and family can be seen as she opted to stay behind the political and public glare by staying at home in Virginia. During her husband’s Presidential term in 1841 to 1845, Letitia Tyler already suffered from a paralytic stroke that disabled from serving as the First Spouse to her President husband and succumbed to the illness in 1842.
The obverse side of the Letitia First Spouse Gold Coins feature the portrait of herself. The other inscriptions include her living years as the first spouse from “1841 to 1842”, the “10th” Presidential order, “Letitia Tyler”, “Liberty”, “In God We Trust”, and the mint mark “2009 W”. The obverse was designed and sculpted by Phebe Hemphill.
On the other hand, the reverse side of the coins portrayed the Letitia Tyler and her two children at their home in Cedar Grove Plantation. Letitia sound management of the grove meant that John Tyler only needed to focus on his politics. The inscription on reverse side include the “Cedar Grove Plantation” theme, “United States of America”, “$10” as the face value, “E Pluribus Unum”, “1/2 oz” of gold content, and “.9999 Fine Gold” as the statement of its purity.
The series were distributed to the public offering both proof and uncirculated versions. The initial selling prices of both coins were $629.00 and $614.00, both proof and uncirculated respectively. After it opened for sale in Jun 2009, it was ended on June 3rd, 2010, the first First Spouse Gold Coins to be stopped earlier than a year of its release.
| Coin auctions on eBay |
 2009 LETITIA TYLER FIRST SPOUSE BRONZE MEDAL US $12.50 |
 2009 Letitia Tyler $10 Spouse Box & COA (No Coin) P US $15.99 |
 2009 JOHN & LETITIA TYLER $1 COIN & FIRST SPOUSE MEDAL US $18.95 |
 2009 W LETITIA TYLER FIRST SPOUSE PROOF GOLD COIN US $1,325.00 |
 2009-W Letitia Tyler $10 Gold First Spouse NGC PF70 US $1,445.00 |
 2009-W 10th First Spouse $10 Letitia Tyler NGC PF70UC US $1,419.00 |
 XO3 ~ 2009 John & Letitia Tyler Coin & Spouse Medal Set US $10.99 |
 2009 (P) Letitia Tyler First Spouse Medal PCGS MS68RD US $34.95 |
 2009 Letitia Tyler $10 Spouse Box & COA (No Coin) U US $15.99 |
 2009-W LETITIA TYLER 1ST SPOUSE $10 GOLD PF69 UC NGC US $1,399.00 |
