Ulysses s grant dollar coin value free#

Ulysses s grant dollar coin value free#

Following the ceremony, free coins were given to children and others were allowed to exchange currency for 25-coin rolls. In attendance were the US Mint Acting Deputy Director Al Runnels and Executive Director of the Ulysses S. The event was held on to coincide with the 148th anniversary of the Vicksburg Civil War campaign.

The edge of the coin included incused edge lettering with the motto “E Pluribus Uum”, the year of minting or issuance, and the mint mark.Ī launch ceremony for the coin was hosted by the United States Mint and National Park Service at the Ulysses S. United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Don Everhart designed and sculpted both the obverse and reverse. The reverse of the coin included an image of the Statue of Liberty with inscriptions “United States of America” and “$1”. Around the outer edge of the coin appeared his name, “In God We Trust”, “18th President”, and the years served “1869-1877”.

Grant Dollar featured his portrait surrounded by the required inscriptions. The memoirs written after his retirement as considered one of the greatest military autobiographies ever written. He became the President of the United States in 1869 and would serve two terms.

He would eventually rise to the rank of General of the Army. At the start of the American Civil war, he was appointed to command a volunteer regiment. Grant had fought in the Mexican-American War under General Zachary Taylor. The official circulation release date was May 19, 2011. Grant Presidential Dollar ( Buy on eBay) represented the second issue of the year for the circulating dollar coin series, and the eighteenth issue overall.