The second coin in the Presidential Dollar series honors President John Adams, who served for one term, from 1797-1801. I like this drawing of John Adams, although I'm not so sure it conveys his personality traits too well, once one has learned some of the facts about John Adams' life. However, when we, as a nation, are seeking to celebrate the lives our of patriots and Founding Fathers, we want to see the better side of our heroes when they are depicted on seminal public artwork, and the artist has done a wonderful job of capturing a side of John Adams that most people probably didn't know.
John Adams looks almost kindly here, and keenly intelligent, with a generous mien. The portrait is flattering, considering that Adams was known to be a somewhat corpulent man. Let's see how the portrait looks when transfered to an actual coin (next image.)
John Adams looks almost kindly here, and keenly intelligent, with a generous mien. The portrait is flattering, considering that Adams was known to be a somewhat corpulent man. Let's see how the portrait looks when transfered to an actual coin (next image.)