Native American Dollar Coins
There's a new series of circulating dollar coins known as the Native American Dollar. These coins feature the obverse of the prior Sacagawea Dollar paired with an annually rotating reverse design which will celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of Native Americans.
The series was authorized under Public Law 110-82, The Native American $1 Coin Act, which requires the United States Secretary of the Treasury to "mint and issue coins in commemoration of Native Americans and the important contributions made by Indian tribes and Individual Native Americans to the development of the United States."
The first Native American Dollar was issued in 2009. The reverse design highlighted the Three Sisters method of planting. The reverse depicts a Native American woman planting seeds in a field of corn, beans and squash. The reverse inscriptions read "United States of America" and the denomination "$1". The obverse features Sacagwea and the inscriptions"Liberty" and "In God We Trust." The date, mint mark, and motto "E Pluribus Unum" are on the edge of the coin.
The 2010 Native American Dollar design is based on the theme " Government - The Great Tree of Peace." The design features the Hiawatha Belt which is a visual record of the Haudenosaunee, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy. The belt encircles five arrows representing the Onondaga, Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, and Seneca Nations.
The Native American Dollar coin series will be issued along side the Presidential Dollar series, which features four different dollar coins honoring past Presidents of the United States. The designs of the Native American Dollar series will be featured in chronological order of the events or people depicted, while the corresponding Presidential Dollar series is in progress. By law, each year at least 20% of all dollar coins produced, must be Native American Dollars.
This site will track the Native American Dollar series from its launch in 2009 through all subsequent releases. Visit often to follow the latest news and most up to date information on the series including new coin designs and images as they are released.
