By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes …..
The 2007-S John Adams Presidential Greenback Proof is a Proof putting of the John Adams Presidential Greenback that was produced on the San Francisco Mint for inclusion in United States Mint collector units provided that 12 months. Whereas the Adams coin is technically the second within the collection, the Proof variations of the 2007 cash have been bought in numerous units. Throughout all product choices, the Mint reported gross sales of three,965,989 2007-S Presidential Greenback Proofs.
Naturally, the Presidential Greenback collection began robust with the primary 4 presidents–arguably among the many most well-known. Of the 4, John Adams is the one one not from Virginia and the one one-termer. However whereas this will recommend that the Adams Administration was a failure, this isn’t the case. Adams was a big president and an essential statesman who had a significant affect on the founding of the nation and its protection.
John Adams’ Life and Legacy
John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, in Braintree (now a part of Quincy) Massachusetts to farmer and church deacon John Adams, Sr. and his spouse, Susanna Boylston Adams. An detached pupil in his youth, Adams Jr. nonetheless went to Harvard beginning in 1751. By 1758, he had earned his legislation diploma and commenced working as a lawyer in 1759. In 1764, Adams married his third cousin Abigail Smith, and over the course of their marriage had six youngsters – together with future sixth President John Quincy Adams.
Adams grew to become a pacesetter in colonial opposition to the Stamp Act of 1765, which was a direct tax on the colonists to pay for British troops on American soil, ostensibly to guard in opposition to the French. There have been many authorized and political issues with this, however the views of Adams and different activists could be diminished to the motto “No Taxation with out Illustration.” Amidst this rising British interference in American affairs, Adams started writing about colonial politics and newspapers.
Rising to the highest of the authorized area in Boston, Adams gained some notoriety by defending the British sentries accused of killing 5 American colonists within the Boston Bloodbath that happened on March 5, 1770. Regardless of his agency perception that Individuals have been being mistreated by the Crown, he thought that every one males have been entitled to a vigorous protection in entrance of a jury of their friends. A lot of the troopers have been acquitted.
Over the subsequent few years, Nice Britain doubled down on its strikes in opposition to colonial independence. Whereas there have been already radicals like his cousin Samuel Adams who advocated for full independence, reformers like John Adams have been solely radicalized by Parliament’s aggressive actions. After colonists dumped hundreds of kilos of tea into Boston Harbor in protest of the Tea Act of 1773–the well-known Boston Tea Get together–Adams wrote concerning the vandalism in glowing phrases. And after the Insupportable Acts of 1774, John Adams served as a delegate from Massachusetts to the First Continental Congress. After the Battles of Lexington and Harmony in 1775, Adams understood that the time for reconciliation and compromise was over.
Throughout the Battle for Independence, John Adams performed a key position within the struggle. He nominated George Washington to function Commander-in-Chief of the fledgling Military. He additionally organized and served on the committee that wrote the Declaration of Independence and, whereas he deferred to Thomas Jefferson for the precise writing, it was Adams’ expertise as a lawyer that gained its adoption. To the purpose of exhaustion and past, Adams threw himself into the sensible particulars of sustaining the Revolution.
When Washington grew to become the nation’s first President in 1789, Adams grew to become the nation’s first Vice President. After Washington’s two phrases in workplace, Adams was elected President in 1796, serving from 1797 by way of 1801. The election, the primary in United States historical past to be contested, was vitriolic and partisan, with supporters of Jefferson and Adams exchanging nasty rhetoric at ranges the common American believes is a newer phenomenon. In workplace, Adams labored to stabilize the foundations of the brand new republic. Nonetheless, his administration is arguably finest recognized for a disintegrating relationship with France and the Alien and Sedition Acts, which imprisoned folks for criticizing the federal government. This assault on Liberty motivated Jefferson to voice the primary sentiments of secession not even a decade after the Structure was ratified.
After shedding the 1800 election to Jefferson, Adams retired to his Massachusetts dwelling. He refused to remark publicly on the brand new administration’s actions, establishing the custom of former presidents circuitously criticizing their successors. John Adams died on July 4, 1826, the identical day as his rival however in the end pal Thomas Jefferson.
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2007-S John Adams Presidential Greenback Coin Proof Market Information and Noteworthy Specimens
The Mint provided collectible a number of methods to accumulate the 2007-S John Adams Presidential Greenback Proof.
The most typical ordering choices have been the 2007 United States Mint Clad and Silver Proof Units, which featured considered one of each coin issued for circulation in 2007. The Sacagawea Greenback was housed alongside the Lincoln Cent, Jefferson Nickel (Monticello Reverse Resumed), Roosevelt Dime, and Kennedy Half Greenback Proofs in a single plastic holder, whereas State Quarters for Idaho, Montana, Washington, Wyoming, and Utah have been housed in a second holder. The holder for the 2007 Presidential {Dollars} (Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison) within the Proof Units featured an oil portray backdrop of the U.S. flag and the Structure. This similar packaging was used on the standalone Presidential $1 Coin Proof Set, first provided on the market at $14.95 on June 15, 2007.
At the moment, the Presidential $1 Coin Proof Units sometimes promote for beneath $10 every, though gross sales have been reported for as little as $4 (face worth!). Whereas it’s true that collectors can discover particular person (free) Proof cash for round $2 to $2 every, it’s nonetheless a greater worth to purchase the coin as a part of a set because the surfaces of the coin are fast to indicate indicators of mishandling.
Collectors might additionally buy the coin as a part of the Presidential $1 Coin Historic Signature Set, which was produced in cooperation with the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) and included an intaglio-printed copy of Adam’s signature supplied by the White Home Historic Affiliation. This set was provided on the market on Could 13, 2008, at a difficulty value of $19.95; they promote for about $12 in 2025.
As for the licensed market, a number of thousand 2007-S John Adams Presidential Greenback cash have been graded by NGC and PCGS, the place the cash sometimes grade Proof 69 or Proof 70 Deep Cameo. Usually talking, trendy Proof cash licensed Proof 69 commerce for little greater than their uncooked counterparts, with the price of certification being greater than the retail worth of the coin. This can be a downside with the economics of contemporary coin certification that we focus on with our idea Terminal Grade. Proof 70 Deep Cameo is the one viable grade for market makers.
Most 2007-S John Adams Presidential {Dollars} have been licensed through the post-release window when pleasure for the brand new collection was at its highest. At the moment, these cash promote for $20 and beneath – which once more is lower than the price of submission at the usual charges. Bulk submitters seemingly get a deal that places the coin near breaking even. Because of this, no new 2007-S John Adams Presidential {Dollars} in Proof 70 have been added to the PCGS or NGC census since at the very least September 2024.
Prime Inhabitants: PCGS PR70DCAM (1,533, 1/2025), NGC PF70UCAM (9,122, 1/2025), and CAC N/A (0, 1/2025).
- PCGS PR70DCAM #83878595: eBay, December 28, 2024 – $22.50. Presidential label. Purchase it Now.
- PCGS PR70DCAM #41537321: eBay, December 21, 2024 – $22.50. Presidential label. Purchase it Now.
- NGC PF70UCAM #3082939-055: eBay, December 15, 2024 – $10.50. 9 Bids. Presidential label.
- PCGS PR70DCAM #15482266: eBay, December 2, 2024 – $32. “Ltd Version Collection” Presidential label with facsimile signature. Purchase it Now.
- NGC PF70UCAM #3138068-006: eBay, November 27, 2024 – $14.99. Presidential label. Purchase it Now.
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Design
Obverse
Mint Creative Infusion Program (AIP) artist Joel Iskowitz tailored American artist John Trumbull’s 1793 portrait of Adams, through which the then-sitting Vice President lined his bald head with a powdered wig. Powdered wigs have been slowly shedding favor by the late 18th century however remained widespread amongst the older gentry. Iskowitz offers the highest of Adams’ head extra element than exists within the Trumbull portray. So too, with Adams’ shirt.
As is normal for the early Presidential Greenback designs, the inscription on the prime of the design is the President’s title, whereas the inscriptions on the backside learn the ordinal variety of the Presidency and the dates of the administration. For the Adams Greenback, these inscriptions learn: JOHN ADAMS | 2nd PRESIDENT | 1797 – 1801. Mint Sculptor-Engraver Charles L. Vickers sculpted Iskowitz’s design. Iskowitz’s designer initials JI seem on the material of Adam’s proper shoulder (viewer’s left) and Vicker’s CLV preliminary seems on the material of Adam’s left shoulder.
Reverse:
Mint Sculptor-Engraver (now retired and an Creative Infusion Program participant) Don Everhart’s reverse design options an ant’s-eye view of the Statue of Liberty offset to the left. On the coin, Liberty occupies the underside proper quadrant of the coin, her prolonged elbow being the coin’s heart level. The design is framed by a skinny internal circle, which separates the graphic design from the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Beneath Liberty’s prolonged torch-bearing arm is the denomination $1. That is the widespread reverse design for all Presidential Greenback cash.
Edge:
The sting of the Presidential Greenback is lettered and options the mottos IN GOD WE TRUST and E PLURIBUS UNUM, the 12 months of issuance, and the mintmark S for San Francisco.
Coin Specs
| Nation: | United States of America |
| 12 months of Situation: | 2007 |
| Denomination: | One Greenback (USD) |
| Mintmark: | S (San Francisco) |
| Mintage: | 3,965,989 |
| Alloy: | .770 Copper, .120 Zinc, 0.070 Manganese, 0.040 Nickel |
| Weight: | 8.10 g |
| Diameter: | 26.55 mm |
| Edge: | Lettered: IN GOD WE TRUST * 2007 S E PLURIBUS UNUM * |
| OBV Designer: | Joel Iskowitz |
| REV Designer: | Don Everhart |
| High quality: | Proof |
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