The Eisenhower dollar, the Anthony dollar, and the Sacagawea dollar - they all failed to replace $1 Federal Reserve notes in circulation.
The first 20 coins were issued for circulation, at least technically if not in actuality, with the remainder of the series produced only for collector sales because the coins of 2007 to 2011 had gone straight to Federal Reserve vaults to sit, unneeded in commerce.įor collectors, this result was no surprise. If success of the 2007 to 2016 Presidential dollar program were to be measured by how well it met the primary goal of the authorizing legislation - to increase the use of dollar coins in circulation - then it can justly be said that the goal was not met.įrom 2007 to 2016, the United States Mint issued 39 different Presidential dollars to celebrate 38 different men.
