2019-12-09 Mon

This gold dollar was issued by the United States of America in the year 1922 with the theme of Grant Memorial. It was issued to commemorate the 100th anniversary of General Ulysses S. Grant’s birth.

Ulysses S. Grant was an American soldier and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. He is best known as the Union general who led the United States to victory over the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. He had also served his country as 18th President of the United States of America.

The obverse of this gold coin depicts the bust of Ulysses S. Grant facing towards the right and the reverse of this coin sketch of the historic log cabin in which Grant was born.

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