As political candidates or those already in office profess their positions on issues of the day, I'm amazed and amused at how often the Constitution slips into their monologues. I'd wager that a good number of these politicos have never even read the Constitution other than the preamble.
For instance, in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, a portion reads that Congress shall have the right: "To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures."...
Full Article: Stamps and coins: New golden dollar honors tribal lawmakers - sacbee.com
The Oneida Indian Nation is part of new American currency, a $1 coin with a Native American theme of "Government - the Great Tree of Peace."
This week, Oneida Nation Representative and CEO of Nation Enterprises Ray Halbritter and several members of the Nation’s council helped launch the new coin. The other members of the Oneida delegation from the council were ...
Full Article: Coin celebrates unity of Iroquois Confederacy - RomeSentinel.com
NEW YORK - The 2010 Native American $1 Coin made its official debut today at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian George Gustav Heye Center in Manhattan's financial district.
United States Mint Director Ed Moy, joined by Heye Center Director John Haworth, introduced the Nation's newest circulating $1 coin at the event. Following the event, Moy and Haworth presented each child 18 years old and younger with a newly minted 2010 Native American $1 Coin, and adults exchanged paper currency for rolls of the new $1 coin. [click to continue…]
2010 Native American $1 Coin - Reverse Side (Click to Enlarge)
WASHINGTON -- The United States Mint will launch the 2010 Native American $1 Coin in New York City on Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET).
United States Mint Director Ed Moy will join John Haworth, Director of the National Museum of the American Indian George Gustav Heye Center, to introduce the coin.
Authorized by Public Law 110-82, the United States Mint is minting and issuing $1 coins featuring reverse (tails side) designs that celebrate the important contributions made by Indian tribes and individual Native Americans to the history and development of the United States.
The designs will rotate each year. The reverse design for the 2010 Native American $1 Coin is based on the theme "Government—the Great Tree of Peace," recognizing the Native American ideals of equality and democratic self-government that influence Western political concepts. [click to continue…]
WASHINGTON - The United States Mint will open sales for rolls of 2010 Native American $1 Coins at noon Eastern Time (ET) on January 22, 2010.
The 25-coin rolls, priced at $35.95 each, contain circulating quality Native American $1 Coins from the United States Mint facilities at Philadelphia or Denver. The coins are presented in distinctive numismatic packaging bearing the genuine United States Mint logo, the year 2010, the mint mark of origin ("P" or "D") and the dollar value of its contents. [click to continue…]
Over 355 million Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, and John Tyler Presidential $1 Coins were distributed by the Federal Reserve Banks in the last accounting period, according to their annual report to Congress released earlier this year.
However, the Reserve indicates the amount is low compared to what they have on hand, and what is returned by banks.
As first reported by Paul Gilkes in the latest issue of Coin World, the Reserve Banks are accumulating a tremendous stockpile of the golden coins. In fact, ...
Full Article: US Dollar Coin: Supply Exceeds Demand - CoinNews
The first dollar to arrive in 2010 will be the Native American dollar that features Sacagawea on the obverse and arrows and a Hiawatha Belt on the reverse.
It will officially make its appearance at a ceremony Jan. 25 at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in New York City, according to Tom Jurkowsky, public relations director of the U.S. Mint ...
Full Article: New Native American dollar leads year’s issues - Numismatic News
The US Mint on Monday started offering 2010 Native American $1 Coins in boxes of 25-coin rolls through its Direct Ship Program, which was was first introduced in 2008 to help distribute dollar coins into daily circulation.
For the price of $250 -- with no added premiums, or shipping and handling charges -- the public can purchase ten $25 rolls of the newly designed 2010 dollars featuring the reverse theme: "Government - The Great Tree of Peace." There is a 20-box household limit in place. The product is the first Mint launch in 2010. [click to continue…]
2010 Native American One Dollar Coin Design - Click to Enlarge
WASHINGTON - The United States Mint today announced the new design that Americans will see on the reverse (tails side) of Native American $1 Coins next year.
The design, based on the theme "Government - The Great Tree of Peace," depicts the Hiawatha Belt with five arrows bound together, with the inscriptions UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, $1, Haudenosaunee and Great Law of Peace.
The United States Mint will commence issuing these coins in January 2010, and they will be available throughout 2010.
The Hiawatha Belt is a visual record of the creation of the Haudenosaunee, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy, with five symbols representing the five original Nations. The central figure on the belt, the Great White Pine, represents the Onondaga Nation with the four square symbols representing the Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga and Seneca Nations. The bundle of arrows symbolizes strength in unity for the Iroquois Confederacy. The design is by Artistic Infusion Program Master Designer Thomas Cleveland. [click to continue…]
