1 dollar. 3rd President of the United States. Thomas Jefferson. 2007

1 dollar. 3rd President of the United States. Thomas Jefferson. 2007

Avers: portrait of President Thomas Jefferson. Above the portrait, Kant coin - the inscription: "THOMAS JEFFERSON" (Thomas Jefferson), the bottom of the one-line inscription: "3rd PRESIDENT" (third president), and during his tenure as president, "1801-1809."

Reverse: the image of the Statue of Liberty, the sculptor of which is Don Everhart, the inscription along the rim - «United States of America», denomination of the coin - 1 $.

Edge: 2007 mint mark (P or D) • E PLURIBUS UNUM • IN GOD WE TRUST

Because the image of the statue of liberty is already present on the label '' In God We Trust '' ( '' We believe in God, '' Eng.) And '' E Pluribus Unum '' ( '' in a variety of Unity ', the Latin.) - the motto of the country, it was decided to abandon. Reverse all the coins in this series is the same. All presidential coin series are legal tender.

Thomas Jefferson took the functions of the head of the American state in 1801 and became the third president of the United States. He was born in 1743 in colonial Virginia, where after 26 years began to work in the post member of the House of Representatives. An important stage of his life was the Committee for the development of the Declaration of Independence, the text of which he wrote himself. To this day, the final version of the Declaration is the most popular application of human rights.

Jefferson was a highly educated man: he was a specialist in philosophy, economics, law, considered a good agronomist and the architect, knew languages, played the violin. He published articles that brought him fame policies of democratic views. In particular, he advocated the abolition of slavery, and in 1778 managed to pass a law banning the slave trade in the territory of Virginia. On the basis of its collection of books the Library of Congress was established.

Thomas Jefferson for three years was governor of Virginia, five years after the French, then the Secretary of State by President George Washington. Twice nominated by the Democratic Party to the Republican candidate in the presidential elections and was elected in 1800. During the two terms of the Board held a democratization of power, increased the share of agricultural production in the economy, had a reasonable reduction of staff in the army. In 1808 it was approved a ban on the slave trade.

The fundamental achievement of the time of his presidency was the purchase in 1803 of Louisiana from France. There was also a resonance expedition across the US territory, led by Lewis and Clark, whose strategy was developed with the active participation of the president.

Thomas Jefferson died in the summer of 1826. His monument is placed in Monticello written his own epitaph.

Release Date: August 16, 2007