Eisenhower, who was a General and President that had passed away in 1969. Featured on the obverse sign of the coin is the profile of Dwight D. Then, in 1971, the Eisenhower dollar was struck and issued between November 1st 19.įrank Gasparro, the Chief Engraver at the US Mint, was the designer of this dollar coin. After the last Peace Dollar was struck in 1935, it would be close to 40 years before the next one dollar coin would be issued by the United States Mint.