US Mint Annual Dollar Coin Set
2007 Washington Dollar.
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Coin Details
Origin/Country: |
United States |
Design Description: |
DOLLARS - PRESIDENTS |
Item Description: |
$1 2007 P GEORGE WASHINGTON ANNUAL DOLLAR COIN SET |
Full Grade: |
NGC MS 67 |
Owner: |
dugbates |
Owner Comments:
Washington was the only president to be elected unanimously (by the electoral college; there was no popular vote)
The first presidential election was held on January 7, 1789, and Washington won handily. John Adams (1735-1826), who received the second-largest number of votes, became the nation’s first vice president. The 57-year-old Washington was inaugurated on April 30, 1789, in New York City. Because Washington, D.C., America’s future capital city wasn’t yet built, he lived in New York and Philadelphia. While in office, he signed a bill establishing a future, permanent U.S. capital along the Potomac River—the city later named Washington, D.C., in his honor