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PRESIDENTIAL DOLLAR DOUBLE TAKE: GROVER CLEVELANDHere's a two-headed dollar of another sort. -Editor  Web site visitor Larry Bennett writes: I am a collector who fills slots in books and I do not collect the various errors so I do not follow all the news about them. However, when I was looking at my collection of Presidential dollars, I noticed something interesting about the Grover Cleveland coins. The P and D coins have different images. It looks like the P coin has the image of Theodore Roosevelt instead of Grover Cleveland. Thanks for your note. This is an interesting topic. Cleveland was the only President to serve nonconsecutive terms. He has a coin for each term. Take a closer look at the dates. Grover Cleveland (1st term)(1885-1889) Below are images of the two coins from the U.S. Mint web site. -Editor   1st and 2nd term Grover Cleveland obverses Larry adds: I returned to my coin book and found the second set of slots for his second term. I had forgotten (if I had ever been taught) that he served 2 non-consecutive terms. I need a magnifying glass to read the print under the image but I can now see that they are different. So, in summary, thanks very much for the explanation. I still think the first image looks like Teddy R! It must be the mustache! I can see the resemblance! This is an easy mistake to make - I'll bet there are plenty of Presidential Dollar albums filled incorrectly. Thanks for the opportunity to discuss this historical anomaly. -Editor Here's some more information:  Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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