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27.02.2014

Native American $1 Coin 2014

Native American $1 Coin 2014

The United States Mint officially revealed the reverse design for next year’s Native American $1 coin. Its theme is, "Native Hospitality Ensured the Success of the Lewis and Clark Expedition".

The obverse design remains the central figure of "Sacagawea", first produced in 2000, and contains the inscriptions LIBERTY and IN GOD WE TRUST. Designer: Glenda Goodacre.

The reverse designdepicts a Native American man offering a pipe while his wife offers provisions of fish, corn, roots and gourds. In the background is a stylized image of the face of Clark's compass highlighting "NW".  It includes the required inscriptions UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and $1. Designer: Chris Costello. Engraver: Joseph Menna.

This latest dollar represents the sixth since the series began in 2009. Designs celebrate the important contributions made by Indian tribes and individual Native Americans to the development and history of the United States. Previous designs featured the following themes:

  • 2009 – Three Sisters of Agriculture (depicting a Native American woman planting seeds of corn, beans and squash)
  • 2010 – Great Tree of Peace and the Iroquois Confederacy (showcasing a Hiawatha Belt with five arrows bound together)
  • 2011 – Great Wampanoag Nation (showing hands of the Supreme Sachem Ousamequin Massasoit and Governor John Carver)
  • 2012 – Trade Routes in the 17th Century (illustrating a Native American and his horse in the foreground with running horses in the background)
  • 2013 – The Delaware Treaty of 1778 (displaying a turkey, a howling wolf, and a turtle, all symbols of the clans of the Delaware Tribe, with a string of thirteen stars surrounding the design)
По материалам:

usmint.govcoinnews.net

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Категории: Новости, Новые выпуски, Нумизматика.

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