2013 Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Dollars

Description

Edge Lettering
POSITION A – Edge lettering reads upside down when the Presidential portrait faces up
POSITION B – Edge lettering reads normally when the Presidential portrait faces up

Obverse Side
Portrait of US President, Name of President, In God We Trust, and Chronological order by term in office
Reverse Side
Statue of Liberty, inscription $1 and United States of America

Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Dollar
Theodore Roosevelt was born in New York City in 1858. He was lieutenant colonel of the Rough Riders Regiment during the Spanish-American War and was elected governor of New York in 1898. He became President upon the death of William McKinley in 1901 and served nearly two terms. While President, Roosevelt took an active interest in the design of American coinage, personally commissioning renowned sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to redesign the “double eagle” ($20) gold coin and the $10 Indian head gold eagle. He left office in 1909 but ran again in 1912 on the Progressive “bull moose” Party.