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First Spouse 2007 Abigail Adams Proof

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First Spouse 2007 Abigail Adams Proof

Abigail Adams Proof

First Spouse Abigail Adams $10 Gold Coin First Lady, 1797–1801

The first 4 coins of the First Spouse Series sold out from the US mint in 3 hours after becoming available.The coin is produced in an uncirculated version and a proof version both versions are on this site. The US. Mint will release a maximum of 20,000 coins of each type and since First Spouse Abigail Adams was sold out in 3hours its safe to say that probably all 20,000 of each type MS and Proof has been released.

Notes about the coin:

Abigail Smith was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, in 1744.  As was customary for the time, Abigail did not receive formal education, but her quick mind and her curiosity for the world around her were nurtured in her family's library, and her desire to read and learn was encouraged.  She married John Adams, a young Harvard-educated attorney in 1764, and lived with him in Braintree, Massachusetts, while he built a successful law practice.

She joined him in Europe from 1784 to 1788 as he served as an American diplomat in France and as the first United States Minister to Great Britain.  The couple returned to Massachusetts in 1788.  After her husband became President, they were the first couple to live in the White House after they arrived in Washington in November 1800.  Abigail returned to Braintree in 1801, now called Quincy, where she lived until her death in 1818.

Reverse Design

Because of John Adams' commitment to the cause of colonial independence, he and Abigail were often separated for lengthy periods of time—she in Massachusetts, and he in Philadelphia.  Letters they wrote to each other during the Revolution and the formation of the United States are a mirror of the intellectual vigor of the times.  He himself acknowledged that she had as much political insight as any of his colleagues, and that he valued her counsel above all others, combined with the affection and loyalty of her friendship.  In one of her most memorable letters, Abigail Adams requested that her husband John "remember the ladies" when creating the framework for the new Republic.

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.