John Calvin Coolidge, born July 4th 1872, was the 30th President of the United States of America. He was a Republican lawyer from Vermont who worked his way up state politics in Massachusetts until elected Governor of the state in 1918. Coolidge's rise to fame as Governor came to a climax during the 1919 Boston Police Strike, where his quick action helped solve an otherwise potentially catastrophic event. In response to the strike, Coolidge took personal control of the police force, and recruited an entirely new police force to replace all of the fired officers. In 1920, Coolidge became Vice President under Warren G. Harding, and upon Harding's sudden death in 1923, Coolidge ascended to the Presidency. He was then re-elected in 1924 in his own right, where he gained a reputation of being a man of few works, and a small-government conservative. The assessment of his Presidency even today remains divided between those who approve of his reduction of government programs, and those who believe the federal government should be more involved in regulating and controlling the economy.
The historic Presidential Dollar series began in 2007 with coins for George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. This is the FIRST coin program in U.S. History to honor all of America's Presidents, and it is destined to be the most popular collection in history, even BIGGER and more popular than the State Quarters!