Today at 5PM, at Buffalo City Hall, Mayor Byron Brown, along with US Mint Deputy Director Andrew Brunhart and UB President John Simpson, will unveil the newly minted, limited edition Millard Fillmore dollar coin.
Following the event, the coins will be available for exchange with paper dollars, though there will be a quantity given to children under the age of 12.
Millard Fillmore was the 13th president of the United States, serving from 1850 to 1853, and was also the last member of the Whig Party to hold office. In addition, Fillmore was one of the founders of the University at Buffalo and the Buffalo Historical Society (in 1862), now known as the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society.
Fillmore lived in Buffalo, on Niagara Square, in a house that can be seen at Chuck LaChiusa's Buffalo as an Architectural Museum site.
Source: Buffalo Rising