Warren G. Harding Presidential $1 Coin

The Warren G. Harding Presidential $1 Coin honors the 29th President of the United States.

Warren Gamaliel Harding was born in Blooming Grove, Ohio, in 1865. He attended Iberia College, later renamed Ohio Central College, and became a newspaper publisher, teacher and insurance salesman. Before becoming President, he served as an Ohio state senator, Ohio lieutenant governor and U.S. senator from Ohio. Harding won the Republican nomination for President in 1920 when the main candidates deadlocked, and he went on to win an unprecedented 60 percent of the popular vote. He died of a heart attack in 1923, just two years into his term.

Coin Legislation Under President Harding

• Act of February 2, 1922: Authorized the Grant Memorial commemorative gold dollar and half-dollar honoring the birth of Ulysses S. Grant.
• Act of January 24, 1923: Authorized the Monroe Doctrine Centennial commemorative half-dollar.
• Act of February 26, 1923: Authorized the Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary commemorative half-dollar.

United States Mint Directors Appointed by President Harding

• Frank Edgar Scobey of Texas – 1922 – 1923

The obverse (heads) shows a portrait of Warren Gamaliel Harding. 

The reverse (tails) features a striking rendition of the Statue of Liberty.

• WARREN G. HARDING
• 29TH PRESIDENT 1921-1923
• IN GOD WE TRUST

• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
• $1

• 2014
• E PLURIBUS UNUM
• mint mark ("P", "D," or "S")

• Denver
• Philadelphia