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Native
American Dollar Edge Lettering |
The Native
American Dollar |
This is the one place stop to find all of the
information, facts, and figures that you will ever want on the
Native American Dollar series. This page will be constantly
updated as more information becomes available. Check back often.
| Beginning in 2009, the United States Mint began issuing $1 coins featuring designs celebrating the important contributions made by Indian tribes and individual Native Americans to the history and development of the United States. The obverse design remains the central figure of the "Sacagawea" design first produced in 2000, and contains the inscriptions LIBERTY and IN GOD WE TRUST. The reverse design will change each year to celebrate an important contribution of Indian tribes, or individual Native Americans, and contain the inscriptions $1 and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The law requires that at least 20 percent of all $1 coins minted and issued in any year be Native American $1 Coins. Like the Sacagawea and Presidential $1 Coins, the Native American $1 Coins will maintain their distinctive golden color. In addition, they will feature edge-lettering of the year, mint mark and E PLURIBUS UNUM. |
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Native
American Dollar Edge Lettering |
Facts and Figures:
| Obverse Design | Sacagawea and infant son Pompey. |
| Reverse Design | Changes annually. |
| Mintage years | 2009 - Present. The date is located on the edge of the coin. |
| Mints | Philadelphia (P), Denver (D), San Francisco (S); Mint mark located the edge of the coin. |
| Composition | Manganese Brass Clad Outer Layers: 77% Cu, 4% Ni, 7% Mn, 12% Zn Inner Core: 100% Pure Copper Overall Composition: 88.5% Copper, 6% Zinc, 3.5% Manganese, 2% Nickel |
| Edge | Lettered edge:  E PLURIBUS UNUM 2 0 0 9 P |
| Weight | 8.1 grams |
| Diameter | 26.5mm (1.043") |
| Thickness | 2.00mm |
| Obverse Designer | Glenna Goodacre |
| Reverse Designer | Varies by annual designs. |
Reverse
Designs on the |
2009
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THEME:
Agriculture - The "Three Sisters Planting
Method". This is an ancient method of gardening used
by Native Americans where corn, squash, and beans are
grown together simultaneously on the same mound of soil. In this efficient
planting method, corn stalks provided support for the
bean vines, which added nitrogen to the soil. Squash
provided ground cover, which discouraged weeds.
Productivity was much higher (by some estimates as much
as 30 percent) for the three grown together than each
grown separately. DESIGNED & ENGRAVED BY: Norm Nemeth MINTAGE: Philadelphia: 37,380,000; Denver: 33,880,000; San Francisco: N/A |
2010
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THEME:
"Government - The Great Tree of Peace" - The
Hiawatha Belt is a visual record of the creation of the
Haudenosaunee, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy,
with five symbols representing the five original
Nations. The central figure on the belt, the Great
White Pine, represents the Onondaga Nation with the four
square symbols representing the Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga
and Seneca Nations. The bundle of arrows symbolizes
strength in unity for the Iroquois Confederacy. DESIGNED BY: Thomas Cleveland MINTAGE: Philadelphia: N/A; Denver: N/A; San Francisco: N/A |
