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1921 silver dollar and other coins – Native American series

The story of 1921 silver dollar and other coins continues: Native American series.

With the passage of the Native American $1 Coin Act[19] on September 20, 2007, the U.S. Mint began designing a series of Sacagawea dollars with modified reverses to further commemorate “Native Americans and 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.” Four designs were to be minted, each for one year from 2009 to 2012. The first Native American series coin was released in January 2009 and had a reverse that depicted a Native American woman sowing seeds of the Three Sisters, symbolizing the Indian tribes’ contributions to agriculture.
Like the Presidential Dollar, the year of issue, mint mark, and motto E Pluribus Unum are found on the edge of the coin instead of on the obverse or reverse, which allows for more room for the design[20]. Unlike the Presidential $1 coins from before 2009, “In God We Trust” remains on the obverse and the vacant space on the edge lettering has been taken up by thirteen stars, symbolizing the Thirteen Colonies. The act passed by Congress requires that 20% of the total dollar coins minted in any year during the Presidential $1 Coin Program be Sacagawea dollars bearing the new design.
In January 2010, the second reverse design in the series was released which has the theme of “Government” and the “Great Tree of Peace”. The 2010 Sacagawea reverse depicts the Hiawatha Belt and five arrows bound together representing unity with the inscription “Haudenosaunee”, a synonym for the Iroquois Confederacy meaning “People of the Longhouse”. 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 Conferderacy, 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.

With the passage of the Native American $1 Coin Act on September 20, 2007, the U.S. Mint began designing a series of Sacagawea dollars with modified reverses to further commemorate “Native Americans and 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.” Four designs were to be minted, each for one year from 2009 to 2012.

The first Native American series coin was released in January 2009 and had a reverse that depicted a Native American woman sowing seeds of the Three Sisters, symbolizing the Indian tribes’ contributions to agriculture.

Like the Presidential Dollar, the year of issue, mint mark, and motto E Pluribus Unum are found on the edge of the coin instead of on the obverse or reverse, which allows for more room for the design. Unlike the Presidential $1 coins from before 2009, “In God We Trust” remains on the obverse and the vacant space on the edge lettering has been taken up by thirteen stars, symbolizing the Thirteen Colonies. The act passed by Congress requires that 20% of the total dollar coins minted in any year during the Presidential $1 Coin Program be Sacagawea dollars bearing the new design.

In January 2010, the second reverse design in the series was released which has the theme of “Government” and the “Great Tree of Peace”. The 2010 Sacagawea reverse depicts the Hiawatha Belt and five arrows bound together representing unity with the inscription “Haudenosaunee”, a synonym for the Iroquois Confederacy meaning “People of the Longhouse”.

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.1921 silver dollar - native american series1921 silver dollar - native american series

The four links on the belt are meant to symbolize four of the five Nations of the Iroquois Conferderacy, 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.

This article about the 1921 silver dollar was written with the help of Wikipedia.

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