The United States Mint honored our nation’s first spouses by issuing one-half ounce $10 gold coins featuring their images in the order they served as first spouse. The Mint issued First Spouse Gold Coins on the same schedule as the Presidential $1 Coins honoring the presidents. The First Spouse Gold Coins Program was authorized by the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-145).
When a president served without a first spouse, a gold coin was issued bearing an obverse image emblematic of Liberty as depicted on a circulating coin of that era and a reverse image emblematic of a theme of that president’s life. The coins were inscribed with the years and order of that president’s term.
First Spouse Bronze Medals
Bronze Medals in the 1-5/16″ size were also produced. They bore the same central images as the gold coins and are also inscribed with the name of the first spouse and the order and years of their term as first spouse. The “Liberty” obverse designs are inscribed with the years and order of the president’s term.
