Today, Jan. 29, marks the unveiling of the 2024 Native American $1 Coin as the latest offering from the United States Mint. The new dollar features a design that commemorates the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924.
As part of the release, the U.S. Mint is offering 250-coin boxes, 100-coin bags, and 25-coin rolls of the dollar. Each of these options contains Philadelphia or Denver Mint circulation-quality coins that have never been released into circulation.
2024 Native American $1 Coin Designs
The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 is recognized with a design featured on the reverse (tails side) of each new coin
"On June 2, 1924, the Indian Citizenship Act was signed into law, granting U. S. citizenship to ‘all non-citizen Indians born within the territorial limits of the United States,’" describes the U.S. Mint on their website about the theme of the coin. "The Act notably did not require American Indians to give up their tribal citizenship to become U.S. citizens, allowing individual Indian people to preserve their tribal identity and their right to communal tribal property."
To depict the theme, U.S. Mint Medallic Artist Phebe Hemphill designed the reverse to include an eagle staff, an American Indian symbol of respect, honor, and patriotism. It is accompanied by an American flag, symbolizing the dual citizenship of Native Americans. The reverse also features inscriptions that read UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, $1, and INDIAN CITIZENSHIP ACT OF 1924.
The obverse (heads side) of the coin continues the same design created by Glenna Goodacre, which has been featured on all previous Native American $1 Coins. It shows Sacagawea carrying her infant son, Jean Baptiste. Obverse inscriptions include LIBERTY and IN GOD WE TRUST.
An edge inscription inludes 2024, a mint mark, and the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM.
Native American $1 Coin Specifications
| Denomination: | $1 Coin |
| Composition: | 6% Zinc, 3.5% Manganese, 2% Nickel, Balance Copper |
| Weight: | 8.100 grams |
| Diameter: | 1.043 inches (26.49 mm) |
| Edge: | Lettered |
| Mint and Mint Mark: | Philadelphia – P Denver – D |
Prices for the Rolls, Bags and Boxes
The price points for the new dollar products remain the same as they have been for the last few years. They are shown below, along with product limits and initial household order limits.
| PRODUCT OPTION | PRODUCT LIMIT | HOUSEHOLD ORDER LIMIT | PRICE |
| 25-Coin Roll – P | 14,700 | 10 | $34.50 |
| 25-Coin Roll – D | 14,700 | 10 | $34.50 |
| 100-Coin Bag – P | 1,800 | 10 | $117.50 |
| 100-Coin Bag – D | 1,800 | 10 | $117.50 |
| 250-Coin Box – P | 1,796 | 10 | $289.75 |
| 250-Coin Box – D | 1,701 | 10 | $289.75 |
‘P’ coins are struck at the U.S. Mint facility in Philadelphia with ‘D’ coins from the Mint’s facility in Denver.
Ordering
Orders are accepted for these products directly from the U.S. Mint by visiting their online catalog of Native American $1 products.
Past Native American $1 Coins and Mintages
The U.S. Mint’s Native American $1 Coin Program has featured the following themes since its introduction in 2009:
- 2009 – Three Sisters Agriculture
- 2010 – Great Tree of Peace and the Iroquois Confederacy
- 2011 – Great Wampanoag Nation
- 2012 – Trade Routes
- 2013 – Treaty with the Delawares
- 2014 – Native Hospitality Ensured the Success of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- 2015 – Contributions of the Kahnawake Mohawk and Mohawk Akwesasne communities to “high iron” construction work
- 2016 – Contributions of the Native American Code Talkers in World War I and World War II
- 2017 – Sequoyah, inventor of the Cherokee Syllabary
- 2018 – Sports legend Jim Thorpe, a member of the Sac and Fox tribe
- 2019 – Mary Golda Ross, the first known Native American female engineer, and a space-walking astronaut symbolic of Native American astronauts
- 2020 – Elizabeth Peratrovich and Alaska’s 1945 Anti-Discrimination Law
- 2021 – Military Service
- 2022 – Ely S. Parker
- 2023 – Maria Tallchief
Coins of the series were originally struck for circulation as well as numismatic releases. That changed in 2012, however, when the U.S. Mint started producing the coin only for numismatic products.
Native American Dollar Coin Mintages
| Denver Mint | Philadelphia Mint | Total Mintages | |
| 2009 | 33.88 M | 37.88 M | 71.26 M |
| 2010 | 48.72 M | 32.06 M | 80.78 M |
| 2011 | 48.16 M | 29.40 M | 77.56 M |
| 2012 | 3.08 M | 2.80 M | 5.88 M |
| 2013 | 1.82 M | 1.82 M | 3.64 M |
| 2014 | 2.80 M | 3.08 M | 5.88 M |
| 2015 | 2.24 M | 2.80 M | 5.04 M |
| 2016 | 2.10 M | 2.80 M | 4.09 M |
| 2017 | 1.54 M | 1.82 M | 3.36 M |
| 2018 | 1.40 M | 1.40 M | 2.80 M |
| 2019 | 1.54 M | 1.40 M | 2.94 M |
| 2020 | 1.26 M | 1.40 M | 2.66 M |
| 2021 | 1.26 M | 1.26 M | 2.52 M |
| 2022 | .98 M | .98 M | 1.96 M |
| 2023 | 1.12 M | 1.12 M | 2.24 M |
