US Mint Circulating Presidential $1 Coin Production Figures by President

John Quincy Adams $1 dollar coins and bagsThe United States Mint has updated Presidential $1 coin production figures through to the 24th Presidential dollar honoring Grover Cleveland’s second term. The next update will include amounts for William McKinley Presidential $1 Coins. Those should be available around March-April 2013.

The U.S. Mint Presidential Dollars series began in 2007 with a mintage of over 340 million coins honoring George Washington. Successive releases by President have resulted in a trend of fewer $1 coins minted for circulation.

2010 production went through a very noticeable decline, although the popularity of the Abraham Lincoln dollar caused a spike for that particular coin. The first 2011 release honoring Andrew Johnson was the lowest of the year and the series to that date. Then 2012 came and mintages plummeted after the U.S. Treasury Secretary halted $1 coin production for circulation, stating enough had already been stored in vaults to last 10 years. Since then, the dollars have only been produced for coin collectors.

As the following table of coin production figures show, the U.S. Mint has minted more than 2.42 billion Presidential $1 Coins from 2007 to 2012.

US Circulating Presidential Dollar Coin Production Figures

  Denver Philadelphia Total
2007 George Washington $1 163,680,000 176,680,000 340,360,000
2007 John Adams $1 112,140,000 112,420,000 224,560,000
2007 Thomas Jefferson $1 102,810,000 100,800,000 203,610,000
2007 James Madison $1 87,780,000 84,560,000 172,340,000
2008 James Monroe $1 60,230,000 64,260,000 124,490,000
2008 John Quincy Adams $1 57,720,000 57,540,000 115,260,000
2008 Andrew Jackson $1 61,070,000 61,180,000 122,250,000
2008 Martin Van Buren $1 50,960,000 51,520,000 102,480,000
2009 William Henry Harrison $1 55,160,000 43,260,000 98,420,000
2009 John Tyler $1 43,540,000 43,540,000 87,080,000
2009 James K. Polk $1 41,720,000 46,620,000 88,340,000
2009 Zachary Taylor $1 36,680,000 41,580,000 78,260,000
2010 Millard Fillmore $1 36,960,000 37,520,000 74,480,000
2010 Franklin Pierce $1 38,360,000 38,220,000 76,580,000
2010 James Buchanan $1 36,540,000 36,820,000 73,360,000
2010 Abraham Lincoln $1 48,020,000 49,000,000 97,020,000
2011 Andrew Johnson $1 37,100,000 35,560,000 72,660,000
2011 Ulysses S. Grant 37,940,000 38,080,000 76,020,000
2011 Rutherford B. Hayes 36,820,000 37,660,000 74,480,000
2011 James A. Garfield 37,100,000 37,100,000 74,200,000
2012 Chester A. Arthur 4,060,000 6,020,000 10,080,000
2012 Grover Cleveland (1st) 4,060,000 5,460,000 9,520,000
2012 Benjamin Harrison 4,200,000 5,640,001 9,840,001
2012 Grover Cleveland (2nd) 3,920,000 10,680,000 14,600,000
  1,198,570,000 1,221,720,001 2,420,290,001

 

In August 2008, the U.S. Mint started a coin campaign to promote dollar coins for use in everyday transactions. It had very limited success.

The U.S. Mint also kicked off a Direct Ship program in June of 2008 to place $1 Presidential coins directly into the hands of retailers, financial institutions, or anyone interested in buying dollar coins — all at face value and without shipping charges.

Today, the U.S. Mint continues to strike dollars in circulating-quality but only in amounts needed by collectors. The Mint offers every new dollar released 25-coin rolls, 100-coin bags, 250-coin boxes and 500-coin boxes.

For U.S. Mint mintage charts and tables for all coins, visit the CoinNews page, U.S. Mint Coin Production.