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2015-P USA Presidential Dollar - Dwight Eisenhower - Single
2015 USA Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Dollar - P Single
This coin feature large, dramatic artwork and edge-incused inscriptions of the year, 'E PLURIBUS UNUM' and the mint mark. Each coin features a likeness of Eisenhower on the obverse (heads) and has a common reverse (tails) 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
-4th 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.
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