Bullion

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First Spouse gold

First Spouse gold $10 bullion coins

The same 2005 law that directed the U.S. Mint to produce dollar coins with portraits of U.S. Presidents on the obverse also created the First Spouse gold $10 bullion coin program, which honors the first ladies.

The coins were first produced in 2007.

The obverses of most of the coins produced under the First Spouse program feature portraits of the first spouses, their names and the dates and order of their terms as first spouse. The reverse of each coin depicts a scene or image emblematic of the first spouse's contributions to the nation.

The law authorizing the coins states that the First Spouse coins will be released at the same time as their respective Presidential dollars.

For presidents that served without a first spouse, the coins bear obverses with designs representing Liberty as depicted on a circulating coin of his presidential term, with a reverse design focused on a theme of the president's contributions to the nation.

The First Spouse gold coins have the same diameter as Presidential dollars and are struck in 24-karat, .9999 fine gold; the same fineness as used for the American Buffalo bullion coins.

Each type is struck in Uncirculated and Proof versions, and both are available for purchase directly from the U.S. Mint. The Mint also makes bronze medal versions for sale to collectors that are not legal tender.

The Feb. 16, 2009, issue of Coin World reported that some collectors received from the U.S. Mint a First Spouse medal mule – a piece bearing the 2007 obverse for Abigail Adams and a reverse intended for the 2008 Louisa Adams medal.

A U.S. Mint internal investigation was conducted, focusing on the production of the mule. Mint officials issued a report on Sept. 16, 2009; however, as an internal investigation, any action taken by the Mint is considered internal to the agency and no details were provided.

First Spouse $10 Gold Bullion Coins
Date of authorization:	Dec. 22, 2005
Dates of issue:	2007 to present
Designers:	2007: Martha Washington: Joseph Menna/Susan Gamble 2007: Abigail Adams: Joseph Menna/Thomas Cleveland 2007: Jefferson Liberty: Robert Scot/Charles Vickers 2007: Dolly Madison: Don Everhart/Joel Iskowitz 2008: Elizabeth Monroe: Susan Gamble/Donna Weaver 2008: Louisa Adams: Joel Iskowitz/Donna Weaver 2008: Jackson Liberty: John Reich/Justin Kunz 2008: Van Buren Liberty: Christian Gobrecht/Thomas Cleveland 2009: Anna Harrison: Donna Weaver/Thomas Cleveland 2009: Letitia Tyler: Phebe Hemphill/Susan Gamble 2009: Julia Tyler: Joel Iskowitz/Joel Iskowitz 2009: Sarah Polk: Phebe Hemphill/Phebe Hemphill 2009: Margaret Taylor: Phebe Hemphill/Mary Beth Zeitz 2010: Abigail Fillmore: Phebe Hemphill/Susan Gamble 2010: Jane Pierce: Donna Weaver/Charles L. Vickers 2010: Buchanan Liberty: Christian Gobrecht/David Westwood 2010: Mary Lincoln: Phebe Hemphill/Joel Iskowitz 2011: Eliza Johnson: Joel Iskowitz/Gary Whitley 2011: Julia Dent Grant: Donna Weaver/Richard Masters 2011: Lucy Hayes: Susan Gamble/Barbara Fox 2011: Lucretia Garfield: Barbara Fox/Michael Gaudioso
Diameter:	26.49 mm/1.043 inches
Weight:	15.554 grams/0.5 ounce
Metallic content:	99.999 percent gold
Edge:	Reeded
Mint mark:	Obverse, below date