Values
A First Spouse coin is a modern collector gold piece paired with a Presidential dollar year. This page is a series reference, not a price list.
The mintage chart leaves G, VF, and MS-63 blank. The NGC US Coin Price Guide file retrieved 2026-08-21 does not cover this program. Do not paste an auction hammer into the grade columns.
If you have one and want to sell it, start with how to sell a coin collection. The circulating dollars are the Presidential dollar page.
Key Dates
The program opens in 2007 and runs with the Presidential dollars through 2016. Each spouse, or the liberty obverse used when there was no spouse, is its own issue. Those names are not rows until a struck table is in hand.
Errors
Presidential dollar called a First Spouse coin. The dollar is clad-sized manganese-brass. It is the other page.
Proof and uncirculated added together. A combined sales cell is not split here.
Liberty obverse ignored. When a president had no spouse, the obverse is a liberty design. It is still this program. It is not an American Liberty high relief coin.
Varieties
Each spouse, or a Liberty obverse when a president had no spouse, is the issue. Proof and uncirculated are finishes, not two denominations. A Liberty obverse on this program is not an American Liberty high relief coin.
- Spouse obverseThe portrait is the person. The reverse is a scene tied to that person. Read the year on the coin before you match a program.
- Liberty obverseWhen there was no spouse, the obverse is a Liberty design. It is still this program.
- Proof and uncirculatedTwo finishes. This page does not have a struck table that separates them without guessing, so the chart stays empty. The finishes are still real.
Names follow PCGS CoinFacts and NGC, the same publishers this site already cites. This is a name list, not a price list and not a count.
Mintage
First Spouse gold, 2007–2016. No invented year rows.
| Year | Mint | Mintage | G | VF | MS-63 |
|---|
Mintage: the note under this table names the page that printed each count. These figures are not an NGC Coin Explorer extract and they are not the 1974 Mint pamphlet.
Collector-standard year/mint presentation follows A Guide Book of United States Coins (the Red Book). These cells are Mint manufacture figures, not a Red Book net or melt.
Values: NGC US Coin Price Guide, retrieved 2026-08-21. Guide values, not offers. Not melt. NGC IDs link to the same publisher’s price-guide listing.
Key date names: PCGS CoinFacts (2026-08-21). Bold rows are only dates that publisher named.
The chart is empty on purpose. This page will not build a spouse-by-spouse table from memory. A remembered count does not. The grade columns are empty because this site has no NGC guide extract for this program.
Specifications
These are mint specs, not what a dealer pays. Wear can take a little weight off. We will not invent a tolerance. The Presidential dollar planchet is not this coin. No catalog page used here prints a thickness.
| Specification | Figure |
|---|---|
| Diameter | Not printed |
| Thickness | Not printed |
| Weight | Not printed |
| Composition | Not printed on a cited catalog page |
| Edge | Not printed on a cited catalog page |
| Designer | The artist changes by spouse |
No catalog page used for the First Spouse coins prints a thickness. Diameter and thickness stay Not printed. The Presidential dollar planchet is not copied onto this coin.
Grading
A First Spouse coin wears first on the portrait and on the reverse scene.
The Presidential dollar of the same year is a different coin and a different page.
Key Diagnostic Areas
| Area | What to examine | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Portrait | The spouse, or the liberty obverse used when there was no spouse. | Liberty here is not the American Liberty high relief program. |
| Reverse | The scene from that life. | The scene changes. It is not wear. |
| Year | 2007 through 2016, matched to the president. | The dollar mintage is not the gold mintage. |
| Finish | Proof or uncirculated. | A combined sales cell is not split on this page. |
Circulated & Mint State
These cards describe this coin, not a second copy of the P-1 through MS-70 chart. The shared numbers live on the glossary.
What each named grade looks like on this design.
Poor
Poor
A disk you can still call a first spouse if you already know the type.
- The portrait and the reverse scene are gone.
- The date may be a shadow. Do not scrape it.
- Shine does not make this a better coin.
AG
About Good
You might read a digit. The high points on this first spouse are already slick.
- The portrait and the reverse scene are worn to a blank patch.
- If you cannot read the date without hoping, stay here.
- A First Spouse coin is still this grade if it is this worn.
Good
Good
The date is readable. The design is still mostly an outline.
- The portrait and the reverse scene are flat. The type is an outline, not a portrait.
- The rim should be full enough to hold the legend.
- This is a worn coin, not a details story.
VG
Very Good
The date is clear. A little life returns away from the high points.
- Some leftover detail sits away from the portrait and the reverse scene.
- The high points are still tired.
- Do not clean the date to “see it better.”
Fine
Fine
You can follow the design. The high points are outlined, not sharp.
- The portrait and the reverse scene are outlined and flat — no real sharpness yet.
- The rest of the coin can look busier than the grade.
- The date should be clear. The mint mark should be too, if there is one.
VF
Very Fine
The type is doing real work. The portrait and the reverse scene still decide.
- Leftover detail sits on the portrait and the reverse scene. The centers are still the worn spot.
- Marks do not raise the grade.
- A regular First Spouse coin is still this grade if it is this worn.
EF
Extremely Fine
Most of the coin looks sharp. The high points tell on it.
- Light wear on the portrait and the reverse scene.
- The rest of the coin can look better than the grade. Trust the high points.
- The date should be sharp.
AU
About Uncirculated
Almost no wear — and “almost” lives on the same high points.
- A trace of rub on the portrait and the reverse scene.
- Luster may still sit in the fields. Rub on those high points is still rub.
- A bright coin with a slick high point is still slick.
Basal MS
Mint State
No wear. The fight is marks and luster, not how white the coin looks.
- No rub on the portrait and the reverse scene.
- Marks and luster decide how this mint-state coin lives.
- A bright chewed-up coin is still chewed-up.
Choice
Choice Mint State
Still no wear. Cleaner fields than basal mint state.
- Same no-wear rule on the portrait and the reverse scene.
- Fewer marks in the fields. Luster is more intact.
- White is not a grade.
Gem
Gem Mint State
A clean first spouse for this type. Still mint state, still not a story.
- No wear on the portrait and the reverse scene.
- Marks and luster, not a romance about a date or a white field.
- A slab is an opinion in plastic. The glossary has the numbers.
This page does not invent a PR price grid. The proof numbers live on the glossary.
Copper color designations do not apply to this gold coin. See the Lincoln Wheat cent and the glossary.
Overview
First Spouse gold coins were sold alongside the Presidential dollars from 2007 through 2016. The obverse is the spouse, or a liberty portrait when the president had none. The reverse is a scene from that life. They are collector coins. They are not modern commemorative halves and they are not the American Liberty high relief series.
No paired public-domain type plate was added. One spouse would not stand for the next.
This page is a series article, not a shop listing.
History
The dollars and the gold coins were authorized together. The dollar page already carries the presidential portraits and the years this site can print. This page does not copy those dollar counts onto the gold, and it does not invent gold counts the dollar table never contained.
Design
Obverse: spouse or liberty, with the year. Reverse: a scene tied to that person. Proof and uncirculated are finishes, not two denominations.
People Also Ask
Why is the chart empty?
This page does not have a year-by-year struck table that separates proof and uncirculated First Spouse coins without guessing. Empty is the honest chart.
Are these Presidential dollars?
No. Presidential dollars are the manganese-brass circulating coins. First Spouse coins are the companion gold program. They are not the same planchet.
Does every president have a spouse coin?
The program follows the Presidential dollar presidents. A president without a spouse was handled with a different obverse. This page does not invent a count for that coin.
How much is a First Spouse coin worth?
This page does not print guide prices. The NGC US Coin Price Guide file retrieved 2026-08-21 does not include this program. An auction result is not a guide cell.
Collector Considerations
Match the spouse to the president year, then match the finish. Keep the manganese-brass dollar on its own page. High relief American Liberty coins are the other gold program.
A Final Word
The First Spouse page is the companion gold program, and an empty chart.
An auction story is not a mintage.