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The Presidential $1 Coin Program enacted on December 22, 2005, was the release by the United States Mint of $1 coins with engravings of relief portraits of U.S. presidents on the obverse and the Statue of Liberty on the reverse.

From 2007 to 2011, presidential $1 coins were minted for circulation in large numbers, resulting in a large stockpile of unused $1 coins. From 2012 to 2016, new coins in the series were minted only for collectors.

The program began on January 1, 2007. The program was to issue coins featuring each of our presidents per year on the obverse, issuing one for three months before moving on to the next president in chronological order by term in office.

To be eligible, a President must have been deceased for at least two years before the time of minting.

The reverse of the coins bears the Statue of Liberty, the inscription "$1" and the inscription"United States of America". Inscribed along the edge of the coin is the year of minting, the mintmark, 13 stars, and also the legend E Pluribus Unum in the following arrangement:

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E PLURIBUS UNUM; before 2009, In God We Trust was also part of the edge lettering. The legend "Liberty" is absent from the coin altogether, since the decision was made that the image of the Statue of Liberty on the reverse of the coin was sufficient to convey the message of liberty.

The series ended in 2016, after honoring Ronald Reagan, the last President who was eligible.

Since the program has terminated, producing coins for those presidents not yet honored would require another Act of Congress.