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The U.S. Mint is proud to offer the Native American $1 Coin Program with changing reverse designs each year and a common obverse design featuring Sacagawea. Native American $1 Coins have a distinctive edge and are golden in color.
- About The Sacagawea Coin
- Introduction with The U.S. Dollar Coin Act of 1997
- Native American Dollars
- Issuing Mints
- Special Issues
Launched in 2000, the Sacagawea dollar coin has an obverse honoring Sacagawea, the young Shoshone guide and interpreter who helped Lewis and Clark find a western route to the Pacific Ocean. The infant is her son, Jean Baptiste, who accompanied her on the expedition. The original intent of Sacagawea dollars was to replace the paper dollar, but it ha...
President Bill Clinton signed the U.S. Dollar Coin Act of 1997 into law on December 1st. No longer intended to replace the dollar bill, the new dollar coin was to be "golden in color, have a distinctive edge, [and] have tactile and visual features that make the denomination of the coin readily discernible." The coin's golden color comes from its co...
In 2009, the U.S. Mint inaugurated a one-year-only reverse design program for the Sacagawea dollar that resulted in a numismatic name change to Native American dollars. Each reverse honors major Native American contributions to present. On these coins, the date, mint mark and the words e pluribus unumappear on the edge.
Sacagawea coins were issued for circulation by the Philadelphia ("P") and Denver ("D") Mints, while Proofs were struck by the San Francisco Mint. Circulating Sacagawea dollars in 2002, 2007 and 2008 were made available only from the U.S. Mint.
The reverses on an estimated 100 Sacagawea dollar coins were struck by Philadelphia with a prototype design featuring boldly detailed tail feathers for use in a promotion with the breakfast cereal Cheerios™. Obverse designer Glenna Goodacre received 5,000 Sacagawea coins struck on burnished planchets by polished dies that gave them a Prooflike fini...
Dec 7, 2023 · In 2009, the U.S. Mint began minting and issuing $1 coins as part of the Native American $1 Coin Program. The coins feature designs recognizing the important contributions made by Native American tribes and individual Native Americans to the history and development of the United States.
Explore the Native American $1 Coin 2024 Rolls, Bags, and Boxes at US Mint today. Buy numismatic products, gifts, silver and gold coins, Presidential Dollars and coin collecting supplies from the United States Mint.
- $1 Coin
- 8.100 grams
- Circulating
Native American Dollar Coins are a very low mint product from the U.S. Mint. These coins have sacagawea on the obverse and a new design each year on the reverse. Check out all of the Native American Dollar Series Coins Here.
Jan 29, 2024 · Each year the Mint issues Native American $1 coins with reverse designs emblematic of an important Native American or Native American contribution. The 2024 coin celebrates the centennial of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924. Available options and their prices are as follows:
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Feb 16, 2022 · Purchase the rolls and bags of the 2022 Native American $1 Coin by visiting the product detail page. To view additional products containing the Native American $1 Coin, visit https://catalog.usmint.gov/coins/coin-programs/native-american-dollar-coins/.
