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1 dollar. The 27th US president. William Howard Taft. 2013

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Depth 2
Weight 8,1
Diameter (mm) 26,5
Mintage 8120
Material a manganese-copper plated brass
Edge of the coin (milling) with an inscription
Series Presidents
Country USA
Release date 2013
Quality UNC

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  • P - Philadelphia

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1 dollar. The 27th US president. William Howard Taft. 2013

Avers: portrait of President William Howard Taft. Above the portrait, Kant coin - the inscription: "WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT" (William Howard Taft), at the bottom of one label line: "IN GOD WE TRUST" (In God We Trust) "27th PRESIDENT" (twenty-seventh president) and during his term as president, "1909-1913."
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 Howard Taft (1857 - 1930) - a major politician, lawyer, the 27th US president. Before being elected president of the government he has already had a successful career - he worked in the Supreme Court, was the chief prosecutor of the country, the first governor of the occupied Philippines, the Minister of War. Taft's own ambitions did not extend beyond what he had, but under pressure from his wife, friends, and President Theodore Roosevelt, agreed to run for president.

After winning the elections in 1908, he largely successfully brought to the end of the launched reforms, Roosevelt continued the policy as the "destroyer of the trusts," but too vigorous action in this direction has paid the weakening of political support. Reforms in the area of ​​customs policy also caused a wave of discontent. Being a strong lawyer Howard Taft did much exclusively in the legislative field. The revisions to the constitution in the field of tax policy, introduced the post of the Minister of Labour, set up several e-mail systems, provided additional opportunities in interstate commerce.

In foreign policy, Howard Taft chose his path, opening the course "dollar diplomacy" in the troubled countries. In China, it is able to increase the influence of American capital, but investment in Latin American countries led to major unrest and the Mexican Revolution in 1910.

The defeat in the 1912 elections was predictable in some ways defeat was for Taft relief. Amateur Car, golf and lessons in jurisprudence, he returned to teaching at Yale University. In 1921 he became chairman of the Supreme Court, where he spent a vast reform of the judicial system. Being deprived of the glory of President Howard Taft entered in US history one of the best country's top judges.

Release Date: July 9, 2013

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