Archive for November, 2008

Jackson Liberty First Spouse

The best looking First Spouse 1/2 oz. Gold coin First Spouse Jackson Liberty, great looking coin. With old Hickory on the reverse.

Andrew Jackson’s Liberty First Spouse $10 Gold Coin

President, 1829–1837

The Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005 contains a provision to provide continuity of the First Spouse Gold Coin Program during those times in which a president served without a first spouse.  This provision applies to Andrew Jackson, whose wife Rachel died in December 1828, just a few months before his presidential inauguration.

The gold coins issued to accompany any president who served without a spouse will each feature a design emblematic of Liberty on its obverse, as depicted on a United States coin issued during the President’s time in office.  For Andrew Jackson’s presidency, the selected image appeared on the Capped Bust, Lettered Edge Half-Dollar coin from 1807–1836, and was originally executed by United States Mint Engraver John Reich.

Reverse Design

Andrew Jackson, known as “Old Hickory,” is remembered as a war hero who led a force of approximately 4,000 American troops against a British Army more than twice that size and emerged victorious in January 1815 at the Battle of New Orleans.  Although a treaty had been signed at Ghent, Belgium, weeks earlier, the news had not reached either army, and the American troops’ victory at the Battle of New Orleans helped secure that crucial southern sea port as part of the first successful military defense of the country’s national sovereignty.

Louisa Adams First Spouse MS

First Spouse Louisa Adams in Uncirculated conditions, this coin came out from the US mint in 2008 and are to have a max population of 20,000 coins in uncirculated conditions but sales of the coin will determine the final population numbers. Because of the economical crises in 2008 maybe the coin will not sell very well and a lower population number will be the result.

Louisa Adams Proof

First Spouse Louisa Adams our 6th first lady in the white house here from the US Mint in Proof condition. Very nice coin

Louisa Adams First Spouse $10 Gold Coin
First Lady, 1825–1829

The only first lady to be born outside the U.S., Louisa Catherine Johnson was born in 1775 in London to an American father and British mother.  The family moved to France when she was three, where she completed her education.  She met John Quincy Adams while he was serving in a diplomatic post in London and they married in 1797.  Her first time on American soil came in 1801 when John Quincy was called back from diplomatic service by President Jefferson.  She finally met her in-laws, former president John Adams and the formidable Abigail Adams, at that time.

Louisa Adams was an accomplished musician whose talents included singing, playing the harp and piano, and composing.  A prolific author, she penned both poetry and drama.  She authored a play titled Suspicion, or Persecuted Innocence while she served as first lady, in which she stressed the strengths of women.  She was the first first lady to write her memoirs, entitled Adventures of a Nobody.

Reverse Design

For nearly six years, from 1809–1815, Louisa and John Quincy Adams lived as American diplomats in the Russian capital of St. Petersburg.  In 1814, John Quincy was summoned to The Hague to participate in peace talks to end the War of 1812.  In 1815, she and her 8-year-old son Charles began an arduous journey across much of Europe to join her husband in Paris.  While alone in Russia, Louisa not only managed the family’s affairs, but her courage and linguistic talents helped the two of them find safe passage through unfamiliar and often dangerous lands.

Dolley Madison Uncirculated

The uncirculated version of first spouse Dolley Madison our 4th first spouse in the White house, 1809-1817 great looking coin sold out in the first 3hours at the US mint.

Martha Washington Uncirculated

The uncirculated version of first spouse Martha Washington the First First Spouse of this great country, I will show under here the prices on coins live right now on E-bay to give people an idea of the price movement of each coin.

Elizabeth Monroe Uncirculated

The 5th first spouse is Elizabeth Monroe here in uncirculated condition I will track the MS69 and MS70 numbers coming from PCGS and NGC.

Elizabeth Monroe Proof

Here is the first coin of 2008 in the First Spouse series, First Spouse Elizabeth Monroe the 5th first spouse

First Spouse Jefferson’s Liberty

Here is the uncirculated version of the First Spouse Jefferson’s Liberty I will be tracking the population numbers as they come in from PCGS and NGC and keep the site fresh with population numbers.

First Spouse Jeffersons Liberty

Abigail Adams Uncirculated Coin

The Uncirculated version of First Spouse Abigail Adams came out in 2007 and I will keep up with the coins that has been slab by PCGS and NCG to give the readers of this site the ability to follow the population numbers in this First Spouse series coins.