1 Dollar "Native American Dollar" Haudenosaunee—Great Law of Peace

Features

Issuer	United States (US territories United States)
Ruling authority	Federal republic (1776-date)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Year	2010
Value	1 Dollar (1 USD)
Currency	Dollar (1785-date)
Composition	Manganese brass clad copper
Weight	8.1 g
Diameter	26.5 mm
Thickness	2 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Number	N# 9953
References	KM# 474 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes). , Schön# 474 Battenberg (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (3 volumes).

Commemorative issue

Native American $1 Coin Act

Series: Native American $1 Coin Act

Obverse

Sacagawea (1788-1812), a Shoshone Native American, a translator and a guide to the Lewis and Clark expedition, holding a child

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIBERTY
IN GOD
WE TRUST
GG

Engraver: Glenna Goodacre

Reverse

Hiawatha Belt and five arrows bound together representing unity with the inscription "Haudenosaunee" - the word the Iroquois Confederacy calls themselves. The word means "People of the Long House". Another inscription is found along the lower edge of the reverse spelling "Great Law of Peace" (an English translation of Gayanashagowa, the Iroquois Confederacy constitution). The Great Law of Peace was used as a model for the Constitution of the United States. The four links on the belt are meant to symbolize four of the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, namely the Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga and Seneca Nations. The Eastern White Pine tree in the middle of the belt represents the fifth Nation, the Onondaga, and is a depiction of the Tree of Peace.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
$1
TC
CLV
HAUDENOSAUNEE
GREAT LAW OF PEACE

Engravers: Thomas Cleveland, Charles Lessie Vickers

Edge

Engraved with date, mintmark, and a motto. 13 stars represent the first states in the country when it was created in 1776.

Lettering: 2010 P *** E PLURIBUS UNUM **********

Translation: 2010 P *** Out of Many, One **********

Mints

D	United States Mint of Denver, United States (1906-date)
P	United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)
S	United States Mint of San Francisco, United States (1854-date)

Comments

The Native American Dollar proved to be unpopular amongst the American public and are today rarely seen in everyday commerce. However, they are frequently used in Ecuador and El Salvador, two nations that have adopted the United States dollar.

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
2010 D	48 720 000	$ 1.10	$ 1.10	$ 1.10	$ 1.20	$ 1.50	$ 1.50	$ 2.20		65%
2010 D	583 897							$ 3.00	Satin Finish	1.3%
2010 P	32 060 000	$ 1.10	$ 1.10	$ 1.10	$ 1.20	$ 1.20	$ 2.30	$ 2.30		49%
2010 P	583 897							$ 3.00	Satin Finish	1.4%
2010 S	1 689 364							$ 5.30	Proof	9%

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