1796–1807

The Draped Bust quarter had an extremely short run, making it one of the thinnest series in American coinage.

1971–1978

Frank Gasparro designed the Eisenhower dollar, released in 1971 as the first dollar-sized coin in the US since the Peace dollar ended in 1935.

1909–present

Victor David Brenner designed the Lincoln cent for the centennial of Lincoln's birth in 1909 - the first US circulating coin to feature a real person rather than an allegorical figure.

1873–1885

Congress authorized the trade dollar in 1873 specifically for commerce with China and other Asian markets, where Mexican silver pesos had long dominated.