What does a dollar coin look like?

1 dollar coin has two patterns. One is the portrait of President Eisenhower released by 196 1. Because the external diameter of this coin is too large (the diameter is 38. 1mm, commonly known as "big dollar 1 yuan"), it is very inconvenient to circulate and use, so 19865438+ is adopted.

1 999165438+1October 18 and gold dollar1yuan coin (nicknamed Jinyuan) were first issued in Philadelphia Mint. This photo shows an Indian woman "sacagawea" holding her youngest son "batiste". Commending Native American Women and Their Contributions to America.

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There are six denominations of coins in circulation in the United States: 1, 5, 10, 25, half a dollar, 1 yuan. In American history, the heads of six famous presidents appeared on these six denominations respectively. The design of 1 cent is a profile portrait of the famous President Lincoln in American history, which was released on the occasion of Lincoln's birthday100th anniversary (1909).

The design of 5 cents is to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Jefferson 1938, the drafter of the American Declaration of Independence. The design of 10 cent was issued on the first anniversary of the death of President Roosevelt (1946) who implemented the "Roosevelt New Deal".

Twenty-five cents is the most common token in the United States, which was issued on the 200th anniversary of the founding president of the United States (1932). It is worth mentioning that the front of it is a unified portrait of the president, while the back is engraved with the most distinctive things in the state except that the 25 cents issued by the US federal government is an eagle.

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