½ Dollar Geronimo

Features

Location Mesa Grande Band (Native American tribes)
Type Fantasy items › Fantasy currency
Year 2011
Value ½ Dollar
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 16.7 g
Diameter 32 mm
Thickness 2 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
40870

Obverse

Circle of stars
Eagle
Date and value

Script: Latin

Lettering:
America 2011
Mesa Grande
Half Dollar

Reverse

Bust of Geronimo
Value

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIBERTY
Geronimo
Half Dollar

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Native American Mint, Torrance, California, United States (?-date)

Comments

This set is a world's first in numismatics: the first official commemorative circulation coin set of a U.S. American Indian tribe. Each coin in this unusual set is struck in Brilliant Uncirculated quality and packaged in protective capsules to keep the finish of each coin pristine. The set includes a 1 Cent showing Quanah Parker, 5 Cents with Black Hawk, a dime with Red Cloud, a quarter with Crazy Horse, a half-dollar with Geronimo, and a dollar coin with Sitting Bull. The Mesa Grande is a respected and traditional tribe of Kumeyaay Indians whose people have been living in what is present-day California for more than 10,000 years. Being one of the American Indian tribes officially recognized by the United States of America, these Indians enjoy the right to mint coins that are accepted as official currency within the tribal territory.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
2011 

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