Scott's Hail to the PF70 Chiefs
2010 S FRANKLIN PIERCE


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Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: DOLLARS - PRESIDENTS, PROOF
Item Description: $1 2010 S FRANKLIN PIERCE
Grade: NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO
Owner: SPHansen
 
Winning Set: Scott's Hail to the PF70 Chiefs
Date Added: 8/22/2011
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

Franklin Pierce was elected to the office of president because he was a candidate that everyone liked. Known as Handsome Frank, his charm and personality served him well until he became president. His life took a turn for the worst, when just weeks after his election, he, his wife Jane and their son Benny were involved in a train wreck. The parents survived without injury, but 11 year old Benny was killed instantly. Many believe this made him emotionally unstable during his term. To make matters worse, his Vice-President, Rufus King, died six weeks after the inauguration. In 1854, Pierce was visited by Stephen A Douglas and other members of his party, who informed him they were sponsoring a bill called the Kansas Nebraska Act. This act would repeal the Missouri Compromise and allow the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide on whether they would enter the Union as free or Slave states. They threatened to make his term a living hell if he didn't sign it into law. Pierce caved in to their demands, and set off a chain of events that would result in the American Civil War. When his term of office was up, he returned home to New Hampshire, reviled by everyone. He returned to heavy drinking and lived out the remainder of his life a recluse, one of the saddest legacies in Presidential history.

Obverse Designer: Susan Gamble
Reverse Designer: Don Everhart
Release Date: May 20, 2010
Mintage: 1,932,092

Numismatic Highlights
- 1853 Appointed Mint Director Thomas M Petit
- 1853 Appointed Mint Director James Ross Snowden
- 1854 San Francisco, California mint opens.
- 1856 Large Cents are discontinued and replaced with Small Cents
- 1856 Flying Eagle Cent
- 1857 Foreign coins no longer legal tender in U.S.

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