# 1415 - Presidential Dollars - Part 17

We will continue showing a series called "Presidential Dollars".

The Presidential $1 Coin Program honors the former Presidents of the United States of America on a series of golden colored dollar coins.

From 2007 to 2011, the coins were struck and released for general circulation. From 2012 onwards, the Presidential Dollars have been struck only in the numbers necessary to meet demand from collectors.

The Presidential Dollars were issued at a rate of four different designs per year with three coins released in the final year. The order of issuance followed the order of the Presidencies. The coins were only issued for Presidents who had been deceased for at least two years.

Proof coins were also minted and this is the scope of this series. All are PF-70 UC graded by NGC.

The seventeenth President was Andrew Johnson.

NGC graded 8,129 2011 Andrew Johnson Proofs, with 2,022 as PF-70 UC. 1,972,863 coins were minted in San Francisco.

I bought this coin in 2013 for $26.00 and today's price is around $35.00.

Earlier in his life, Andrew Johnson had operated a tailor shop in Tennessee with his wife Eliza McCardle Johnson. He began to participate in debates and eventually entered politics, championing the common man and advocating a homestead bill. He would serve as a member of the House of Representatives and Senate. Later, he would be nominated for vice president, and assume the presidency following Lincoln’s death.

The obverse of the coin features a portrait of the President.