Regular circulating demand for the coins will be met through the Federal Reserve Bank’s existing inventory of circulating coins minted prior to 2012. Geithner directed that the United States Mint suspend minting and issuing circulating Presidential $1 Coins. Note: In December 2011, Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F.
The program began in 2007 with Presidents Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison. The United States Mint honors our nation’s presidents by issuing $1 coins featuring their images in the order that they served.