2015 (P) Presidential $1 Coin – Dwight D Eisenhower

This 2015 Dwight D Eisenhower Presidential $1 coin with circulating finishes and Philadelphia mint marks has never been placed into circulation.

Each coin features a likeness of Eisenhower on the obverse and has a common reverse design featuring a striking rendition of the Statue of Liberty.

The design inscriptions on the obverse of the 2015 Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential $1 Coin are:

“DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER”

“IN GOD WE TRUST”

“34th PRESIDENT”

“1953–1961”

Dwight David “Ike” Eisenhower was born October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas. After graduating from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1915, he carved out a distinguished military career during WWII.  Once retired from military service, Eisenhower served two terms as President of the United States beginning in 1953.

Highlights of his presidency include:

Negotiating an armistice in the Korean War.

Participating in the Geneva Conference on Indochina resulting in the portioning of Vietnam.

Launching the first atomic submarine, the U.S.S. Nautilus.

Establishing the President’s Council on Youth Fitness

Establishing the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.

Signing legislation creating the Interstate Highway Program.

Sending federal troops to enforce the court–ordered integration of Little Rock Central High School.

Signing the 1957 Civil Rights Act, the first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction.

Signing legislation in 1958 creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Signing legislation admitting Alaska and Hawaii into the union as the 49th and 50th states, respectively.