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The
Eisenhower dollar, minted from 1971 through 1978, is America's
last full-sized dollar coin. Issued to honor President Dwight
D Eisenhower, who had passed away a few years earlier(1969).
The design on the reverse celebrates the first lunar landing.
The American eagle holds an olive branch (a symbol of peace)
in its talons as it descends to the moon. US Mint Chief
Engraver Frank Gasparro designed the coin. In 1973, the
US Mint produced Eisenhower dollars for coin sets but not
general circulation. In 1975 and 1976, the Eisenhower dollar
with special "Liberty Bell and Moon" reverse was
issued in honor or the US Bicentennial. The dual date "1776-1976"
appears on the obverse. There are no dollars dated 1975.
The original design was resumed in 1977.
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