Only 7 percent of those surveyed could name the Nation's first four Presidents in order: George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. When asked specifically about Thomas Jefferson, only 30 percent knew that he was our Nation's third President. However, slightly more than half of Americans, 57%, knew that Thomas Jefferson was the main author of the Declaration of Independence, the Presidential $1 Coin Survey revealed.

"That's what's great about the Presidential $1 Coin Program," said United States Mint Director Ed Moy in an event today for the new Jefferson coin at the Jefferson Memorial in Washington. "This series of circulating coins provides the perfect opportunity for Americans to learn more about our Presidents and the critical role they played in some of our Nation's historic milestones."

The public may obtain Thomas Jefferson $1 Coins at most banks and financial institutions throughout the country beginning August 16, 2007. Thomas Jefferson $1 Coins in collector bags and rolls will be available for purchase on the United States Mint's website.

Survey Findings:

The Presidential $1 Coin Survey, commissioned by the United States Mint, also found:

  --  Only 22 percent of Americans know that there have been 43 U.S.

	
	      Presidents to date.

	
	  --  Only 21 percent of Americans know that the faces of Thomas Jefferson,

	
	      George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt are carved

	
	      on Mount Rushmore.

	
	  --  Only 35 percent of Americans surveyed knew Thomas Jefferson is

	
	      featured on the nickel.

	
	  --  Only 28 percent of Americans surveyed knew that John Adams and John

	
	      Quincy Adams were the original father-son pair of Presidents.

	
	  --  However, 68 percent of Americans surveyed knew that George Washington

	
	      led the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

	
	

	
	

Historic Change

The United States Mint inaugurated the Presidential $1 Coin series with the George Washington $1 Coin in February 2007. The John Adams $1 Coin followed in May.

More than half a billion George Washington and John Adams $1 Coins have been ordered to date by the Federal Reserve for circulation. Public awareness of the new Presidential $1 Coins has tripled from approximately 18 percent in November 2006, when the designs of the coins were unveiled, to 64 percent in June 2007.

Congress authorized and President Bush signed the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005. The Act requires the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $1 coins honoring the United States Presidents in the order in which they served, with four new designs annually.

Each President will be honored with a single Presidential $1 Coin, regardless of the number of consecutive terms he served, except for Grover Cleveland, the only U.S. President to serve non-consecutive terms. He will be honored on two coins. No living, former or current President can be honored on a Presidential $1 Coin.