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    Who was the first living person to be honored by appearing on a US Commemerative Dollar Coin? (not a Half Dollar)

    Question #124915. Asked by mehaul. (Jan 29 12 5:05 PM)


    Emma058

    		"The main reason the U.S. is putting only dead Presidents on the new dollars (or dead people on any other coin) is tradition. Although this tradition has been legislated into law now, from the very beginning of our nation's founding, patriotic men felt that it was improper to honor any living person by putting their image on the legal tender currency, especially the circulating coins. George Washington declined when our young nation wanted his portrait on the first U.S. Dollar, which was the start of this long and still unbroken tradition."http://coins.about.com/od/uscoins/f/coin_portraits.htm


    Jan 29 12, 6:01 PM
    coachpauly

    		I don't believe any living person has been honored by appearing on a US Commemorative "dollar" coin.

    http://www.coin-collecting-guide-for-beginners.com/presidents-on-coins.html

    Jan 29 12, 6:12 PM
    mehaul

    		In regular circulated coinage, Emma's input is true, but this is about Commemerative coinage from the US Mint. Eunice Kennedy Shriver was honored for her contribution to the Special Olympics on a Silver Dollar Coin in 1995. She passed away in 2009, so she was living when she was put on a US coin. But, she is cited in the wikibit as the second person and the first woman so honored, implying a man came first on a Commemerative.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunice_Kennedy_Shriver

    Jan 29 12, 6:29 PM
    star_gazer

    		Q: Who was the first living person to appear on a U.S. coin?

    A: Many people believe that Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics, became the first living person to appear on a U.S. coin when she appeared on the 1995 Special Olympics Silver Dollar. However, the true title as the First Living Person to appear on a U.S. Coin belongs to an Alabama Governor. That's right, in 1921 a commemorative silver half dollar was issued to mark the centennial of the state of Alabama. The obverse of this coin depicts dual busts: William Wyatt Bibb, the first governor of Alabama, alongside a bust of T.E. Kilby, the current Alabama Governor at the time the coin was issued. This marked the very first appearance of any living person's portrait on a U.S. coin.

    http://coinspace.org/blog/main/tag_Dollar/

    Jan 29 12, 10:49 PM

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