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10 Dollars Caroline Harrison, Bullion Coinage
| Issuer | United States Mint |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing bust portrait of Caroline Harrison rendered in high relief against a plain field, depicting her with characteristic curled hair and period dress with a high collar. The legend CAROLINE HARRISON arcs along the upper rim, while IN GOD WE TRUST appears in three lines to the left of the portrait and LIBERTY to the right, with the mint date 2012 below it and the W mintmark beneath. Along the lower rim, the ordinal designation 23rd and the presidential term dates 1889-1892 are inscribed, identifying her role as First Lady. The portrait is executed in a refined medallic style consistent with the First Spouse Gold Coin series. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Caroline Harrison is an unusual choice for this series — she died in the White House in October 1892, two weeks before her husband lost his re-election bid to Grover Cleveland, and spent her final months bedridden while Benjamin Harrison campaigned largely alone. The First Spouse bullion program, authorized under the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005, required a corresponding gold issue for every presidential dollar, which meant spouses who predeceased their husbands or served in unusual circumstances received coins regardless of historical prominence.
Mintage for the 2012 Caroline Harrison bullion issue was just 2,798 pieces — among the lowest in the entire First Spouse series.