The U.S. mint will launch a $1 coin Thursday commemorating President James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States. The coin will show Buchanan's portrait with the inscription "JAMES ...

The inscriptions are “James Buchanan,” “In God We Trust,” “15th President” and “1857-1861.” The year, “E Pluribus Unum” and the mint mark remain inscribed on the coin’s edge.

Retailers, collectors and the general public continue to pretty much ignore them. Hopes are even lower for the new coin that comes out Thursday, featuring James Buchanan, whose decided incompetence is ...

Hopes are even lower for the new coin that comes out Thursday, featuring James Buchanan, whose decided incompetence is attributed to leading the country into civil war. In Buchanan's official ...