2009 Presidential Dollar Coin Proof Set Available on Feb. 10

Sales of the 2009 Presidential $1 Coin Proof Set begin Tuesday, February 10, at noon ET, the United States Mint said in a statement Tuesday.

The Presidential Dollar Proof Set has now approached its third year of issue, with the first set released in 2007 when the $1 coin series began.

The annual 4-coin proof collection has proven to be popular with collectors, although the circulating $1 coin versions have had less success with a public who mostly prefers using dollar bills. The latest Mint sales figures indicate 869,202 of the 2008-dated sets — which will be discontinued with the release of the new sets — have been sold.

Each of the presidential coins has a common reverse while the obverse, or heads side, bears a portrait honoring a past President. The 2009 set includes four presidential proof coins featuring:

• William Henry Harrison - 9th President, sculpted and designed by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Joseph Menna. 

• John Tyler - 10th President, designed and sculpted by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Phebe Hemphill. 

• James K. Polk - 11th President, designed by United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program Master Designer Susan Gamble and sculpted by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Charles Vickers. 

• Zachary Taylor - 12th President, designed and sculpted by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Don Everhart.  

The US Mint provides the following proof coin description:

The term "proof" refers to a manufacturing process in which specially treated coin blanks are struck multiple times with specially polished dies to create a brilliant, sharp relief and mirror-like background.  A frosted, sculpted foreground gives the proof coin a special "cameo" effect. 

These coins have the "S" mintmark, showing they were produced at the United States Mint at San Francisco.

Presidential $1 Coin Proof Set price and order information

The set is priced at $14.95, plus $4.95 for shipping and handling. The Mint said no order limits are in place. When available, they may be purchased online through the Mint page:

Presidential $1 Coin Products

Or by calling 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468).  Hearing- and speech-impaired customers with TTY equipment may call 1-888-321-MINT (6468).

Presidential Dollar release schedule

The presidential dollars are part of a multi-year program that was authorized by the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-145) and features four new obverse designs annually. 

The 2009 Presidential $1 Coin Designs were released in late 2008. The William Henry Harrison Presidential $1 Coin will begin circulating in public change on February 19. The latest Mint product schedule shows a release timeline of Spring, Summer and Fall for the second, third and fourth 2009 $1 coins.

The series is scheduled to go through at least to year 2016, with the coins by year: