Obverse / Heads (Image 2) — a portrait of Franklin Pierce with the inscription “FRANKLIN PIERCE” above, and arched below: “IN GOD WE TRUST · 14th PRESIDENT · 1853–1857” — the years in which he served as President. PCGS The portrait was designed by Susan Gamble and engraved by Don Everhart.
Reverse / Tails (Image 1) — the Statue of Liberty with the “$1” symbol under Liberty’s right arm, and “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” encircled around the coin. PCGS
The edge — uniquely for US coins, the date, mint mark, and “E PLURIBUS UNUM” are inscribed on the edge of the coin rather than on the faces.
About Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce was born on November 23, 1804, in Hillsboro, N.H. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, and in 1847 served briefly as a brigadier general in the Mexican-American War. Largely unknown to the public, Pierce was nominated for President in 1852 by the Democratic Party as a compromise candidate. He served as President from 1853 to 1857. US Mint
During his presidency, the U.S. negotiated the Gadsden Purchase with Mexico, which gave the U.S. land in present-day southern Arizona and New Mexico for a southern transcontinental railroad. Congress also passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which repealed the Missouri Compromise and reopened the possibility of slavery in the West — a deeply divisive legacy. US Mint
The series
The Franklin Pierce Dollar was the 14th design issued in the Presidential Dollar Coin Program. PCGS The coin’s release was celebrated on May 20, 2010, at Pierce’s historic home, Pierce Manse, in Concord, New Hampshire. Circulation quality versions were struck at the Philadelphia and Denver Mints, and a Proof version was struck at the San Francisco Mint.
Specifications:
| Country: | USA |
| Metal: | Manganese brass |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Denomination: | 1 Dollar |
| Mint: | San Francisco |
| Diameter: | 26.5 mm |
| Weight: | Weight 8.1 g |