1 dollar. 25th US President. William McKinley. 2013

1 dollar. 25th US President. William McKinley. 2013

Avers: portrait of President William McKinley. Above the portrait, Kant coin - the inscription: "WILLIAM McKINLEY" (William McKinley), at the bottom of one label line: "IN GOD WE TRUST" (In God We Trust) "25th PRESIDENT" (twenty-fifth president) and during his term as president, "1897-1901."

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: 2013 mint mark (P or D) • E PLURIBUS UNUM • IN GOD WE TRUST

William McKinley - politician, who became the 25th president of the United States in the list, and the first - in the twentieth century. He was born in 1843, fought in the civil war, was engaged in the legal profession. From 1877 he worked in Congress from the Republican Party. Gradually, he stood out as the representative of a large industrial group, defending the extreme protectionism. His name was called tariff McKinley, 1890, to reduce the level of foreign trade high tariffs to protect domestic production.

Since 1891, he was governor of Ohio, and in 1896 won the presidential election with the support of the industrial elite, in particular, the Morgan and Rockefeller, who invested half a million dollars on advertising publications. As president, in domestic politics did not leave a bright trace his priority remained the support of industrialists interests. But the situation was in his favor, and in 1900 he accepted a second term high post. McKinley was the first candidate, pictured in a movie about his own inauguration Thomas Edison shot a short film.

The foreign policy of the time McKinley was marked by the beginning of the expansion in the Eastern Hemisphere and Cuba occupation. This became possible after the announcement of the Spanish war and quick victory. Under the terms of the treaty Spain ceded the Philippine Islands America, Puerto Rico, Guam and went to Cuba. This war and the acquisition of new lands did President quantity of historical significance, although the driving force of foreign policy were his ministers.

In the autumn of 1901 during a visit to the exhibition McKinley was killed by an anarchist. Before the execution of the murderer explained his action by the fact that the President "was the enemy of the good people." His successor McKinley left to increase the area and the impact of imperialist power.

Release Date: February 19, 2013