The United States is honoring our Nation's first spouses by issuing one-half ounce $10 gold coins featuring their images, in the order that they served as first spouse.
The United States Mint issues First Spouse Gold Coins on the same schedule as the Presidential $1 Coins issued honoring the Presidents.
The 2009 First Spouse Gold Coins feature
Anna Harrison
Letitia Tyler,
Julia Tyler,
Sarah Polk, and
Margaret Taylor.
The First Spouse Gold Coin obverse features portraits of the Nation's first spouses, their names, the dates and order of their term as first spouse, the year of minting or issuance, "In God We Trust," and "Liberty."
Each coin has a unique reverse design featuring an image emblematic of that spouse's life and work, as well as the inscriptions "The United States of America," "E Pluribus Unum," "$10," "1/2 oz." and ".9999 Fine Gold."
When a President served without a first spouse, as did Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren, a gold coin is issued bearing an obverse image emblematic of Liberty as depicted on a circulating coin of that era and a reverse image emblematic of themes of that President's life.
2007 First SpouseGold Coins
2008 First SpouseGold Coins
2009 First SpouseGold Coins
The United States Mint also produces and make available to the public bronze
medal duplicates of the First Spouse Gold Coins.