National American Dollars
The United States Mint first began producing the new series of Native American Dollars in 2009 as a result of the Native American $1 Coin Act (Public Law 110-82). A total of eight different reverse designs will be featured on the quarters between 2009 and 2016 that celebrate the important contributions made by Indian tribes and individual Native Americans to the development of the United States and the history of the United States. The obverses will remain the same as the first Sacagawea golden dollar that first appeared in circulation in 2000. The following summaries link to past, current and upcoming releases.
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Shown on the reverse of the dollar is a design symbolic of treaties established by Native Americans and the first European settlers as they arrived in the New World. Learn More » |
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The reverse of the 2010 dollars reflects the theme of “Government—The Great Tree of Peace.” It does so by showing a Hiawatha Belt with five arrows bound together within it. Learn More » |
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The designs is a Native American woman planting seeds in the soil in the “Three Sisters” method. This method included corn, beans and squash, which, when planted together actually aid in each plants growth. Learn More » |
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2000 – 2008 Sacagawea $1 Coins Congress authorized the dollars with the passage of the United States Dollar Coin Act of 1997. The theory behind the strikes was that they would eventually replace the dollar bill for use in everyday commerce and save the country money. Learn More » |
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The obverse of the 2012 dollar is the same portrait featured on the golden dollars since 2000. It is of the famous Shoshone woman Sacagawea. Learn More » |
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The 2013 dollars will mark the fifth year in a series of strikes from the US Mint honoring the contributions of Native Americans to the United States of America. Learn More » |
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Coins in the series continue the reverse designs containing “images celebrating the important contributions made by Indian tribes and individual Native Americans to the development of the United States and the history of the United States.” Learn More » |
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The new dollars serves as an extension to the Sacagawea $1 Coin being issued by the Mint since 2000, but contain new annual reverse designs instead of the static image of a soaring eagle. The US Mint will continue this series of strikes until 2016. Learn More » |
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The 2016 dollars will mark the eighth and final strike in a series of Congressionally mandated coins with new annual reverse designs emblematic of the contributions of Native Americans to the history of the United States. Learn More » |
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