# Let's have some fun with Presidential Dollar Coins

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-some-fun-with-presidential-dollar-coins/381368>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 22, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-some-fun-with-presidential-dollar-coins/381368 "2006-11-22T01:12:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-some-fun-with-presidential-dollar-coins/381368/21 "2006-11-22T19:29:23Z")

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The FDR dollar will be recalled shortly after issue, then reissued without the gold coloring at a value of $0.58.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-some-fun-with-presidential-dollar-coins/381368/22 "2006-11-23T02:57:54Z")

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[QUOTE=Dr. Rieux]  
The Truman dollar–won’t circulate, because the buck stops…  
[/QUOTE]  
Indeed, the Truman dollar certainly won’t be successful. It will most likely bomb.

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-some-fun-with-presidential-dollar-coins/381368/23 "2006-11-23T14:47:26Z")

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Cleveland will have to have two 50-cent pieces instead.

Nixon’s will have an inscription, “Expletive Deleted”

Taft’s will be too fat to fit into coin slots.

Shagnasty beat me to the JFK one which could also apply to Lincoln’s of course.

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**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-some-fun-with-presidential-dollar-coins/381368/24 "2006-11-23T17:25:10Z")

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FDR dollar: you just start speaking in acronyms  
Madison Dollar: hates the Monroe Dollar, and secretly wants to be a state quarter  
Monroe Dollar: Hate the Madison, tries to make compromises with the other coins

Zachary Taylor: His dollar is always the one you grab first, and has an odd texture.

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**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-some-fun-with-presidential-dollar-coins/381368/25 "2006-11-23T17:54:27Z")

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“I did not buy lunch with that dollar. I did not have a side with that sandwich.”

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**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-some-fun-with-presidential-dollar-coins/381368/26 "2006-11-23T18:12:30Z")

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**David Rice Atchison** : Contrary to popular belief, was never really a dollar

**David Palmer** : Black. Must be spent within 24 hours.

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