I have a George Washington dollar coin, but haven’t seen the Adams coin yet. Has it been released? I remember the big deal that was made when the Washington coin was released, but don’t recall a similar buzz about the Adams coin.
Am I missing something? Thanks.
Here’s the coin release schedule.
The Adams coin was released May 17th.
Sometimes it takes a while to see new coins. I have little interest in the Presidential Dollars (except as legal tender), but it’s been over a month since the Idaho Quarter was released, and I have yet to see one. I’ve only seen one George Washington dollar coin so far this year as well. And no merchant has yet given me dollar coins instead of single bills as change…not this year, not when Sacajawea dollars were the new thing, never.
Interesting. Two Cleveland coins apparently, too. That answers another question. Thanks for the link, Gulo gulo.
Ooh, how about this one:
In 2016, they have Nixon and Ford scheduled. Assuming Carter lives another 10-15 years, well into his 90s (he’s 82 at the moment), will the mint skip on to Reagan?
That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.
Numismatically speaking, I mean.
Well, they did have the thin Elvis, fat Elvis stamps a few years ago. This time, you’ll just have old Grover and even older Grover. Thank the USPS for setting that precedent.
Actually, he took office at age 47 (first term), and was the fifth youngest by that measure, behind TR, JFK, Clinton and Grant.
Blame Benjamin Harrison for this. He was a crappy president anyway. Might as well also lay it at his doorstep that we have to count Grover Cleveland twice all the time.
I bought five yesterday at a local bank. The lady behind the counter said they had them for a few weeks now–the Washington ones sold out in February, “But we’ve got plenty of John Adams! Nobody seems to want them!”
“Well of course,” said I, "who would want ‘Number Two’? 
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My aim? I’ve got a giant coin jar. I figure with the spare dollars I have, I’d save up the dollar coins in the jar because I’m less apt to spend them.
Tripler
But, still got one in my pocket just for show.
How ironic - the night I post about the dearth of Idaho quarters in my experience, I receive a whole bunch as change!!
The availability of coins, whether they be various state quarters or Presidential dollars, is a function of how many of these critters are ordered by the Federal Reserve bank in you region, and then secondarily how many are ordered by your local bank. And that number varies greatly from state to state, region to region, etc.
Some areas, such as Florida, which has a high population of tourist, thereby needing lots of change, get new coins continuously, whether it be cents, state quarters, dollar coins or whatever. Some geographical areas, such as Northern Ohio, which is mired in the morass of a recession(there’s no other way of saying it) don’t have the need of more coins. The floor of the Federal Reserve Bank in Cleveland probably has a backlog of quarters sitting on pallets, and they don’t order the latest quarter from the Mint in Philadelphia.
And for those parents of young children out there - the new “gold” dollars make excellent gifts left by the tooth fairy.
A couple weeks ago I was buying stamps at a post office machine, and put in exactly enough to get one dollar in change, and the dollar coin was an Adams. This is in fact the only presidential dollar coin which I’ve seen.
Especially when the boy puts them on the bookshelf and forgets about them. Some Tooth Faries might see the opportunity to recirculate the coin, thereby lowering overhead. 
Bad Tooth Fairy.
I have Adams dollar coins. I got some at the bank, but I also received some in change. On the campus of Bowling Green State University, the new soda pop vendor, Coca-Cola, has machines that accept $5 bills, and return dollar coins along with quarters (the cost of a 20 oz. bottle is $1.25).
Slowly, sluggishly, America gets dragged into the use of the dollar coin for something other than collection and amusement… :eek:
It’ll never work until you get rid of the note.