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Description of the New Eisenhower Dollar Coin

January 23, 2017 - December 1970 Frank Gasparro, the U.S. Mint’s chief sculptor and engraver, designed the front and back of the Eisenhower dollar coin. He began working on the obverse drawing for the coin in the spring of 1969 and settled on using...

First Eisenhower Silver Dollars Produced at San Francisco

February 2, 2017 - Press Release March 29, 1971 HOLD FOR RELEASE AT 11:00 AM, PST WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1971 The first strike of the Eisenhower silver dollar coin took place today at the United States Assay Office in San Francisco, California. Eugene T....

The 1970 Coinage Law

January 23, 2017 - Press Release December 31, 1970 The 1970 coinage legislation provides for the minting of a dollar coin bearing the likeness of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, removing the silver content from the half dollar and the sale on a bid...

Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential $1 Coin

May 4, 2018 - Dwight David “Ike” Eisenhower was born October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas. After graduating from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1915, he carved out a distinguished military career that included commanding the Allied Forces that landed in...