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Native American Coins

In hidden vaults across the country, the US government is building a stockpile of $1 coins. The hoard has topped $1.1bn - imagine a stack of coins reaching almost seven times higher than the International Space Station - and the piles have grown so large the US Federal Reserve is running out of storage space.

Americans won't use the coins, preferring $1 notes. But the US keeps minting them anyway, and the Fed estimates ...

Full Article: Why the US keeps minting coins people hate and won't use - BBC News

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The United States Mint and the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) are teaming up to encourage regular use of $1 coins in everyday cash transactions at military exchanges.

2010 Presidential DollarsRetailers at Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Fort Huachuca, Arizona; and Fort Carson, Peterson Air Force Base and the Air Force Academy in Colorado have been selected by AAFES to participate in a $1 coin launch initiative to begin on July 4.

The goal of the initiative is to expand $1 coin usage to all 1,703 AAFES locations throughout the country. Exchanges are retail stores located on military bases and facilities that serve active duty and retired members of the Armed Forced and their families. [click to continue…]

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The Sacagawea dollar made a big splash in 2000 when it was first introduced. More than one billion were struck.

However, Americans being Americans, stuck to their habits and decided that the paper dollar was much easier to use.

Use of the $1 coin, new as it was, golden in color as it was, just didn’t cut it. It then pretty much went to sleep as the object of interest among a few collectors ...

Full Article: Do you collect Native American dollar? - Buzz with Dave Harper

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In commenting on the Treasury Department's new, harder-to-counterfeit $100 bill, Lynette Long [letters, April 24] made a good point: In this era of supposed gender equality, not one of our seven currency denominations recognizes a woman's achievements ...

Full Article: Dollar coins recognize women, save money - The Washington Post

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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

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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

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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.

2010 Native American $1 Dollar CoinUnited 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…]

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2010 Native American $1 Coin - Reverse Side (Click to Enlarge)

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…]

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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.

2010 Native American $1 Dollar Coin

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…]

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US Dollar Coin Excess Supply Reported

January 17, 2010

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 [...]

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New Native American dollar leads year’s issues

January 12, 2010

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, [...]

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2010 Native American $1 Coin Available via US Mint Direct Ship Program

January 4, 2010

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 [...]

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US Mint Reveals 2010 Native American $1 Coin Design

December 1, 2009

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, [...]

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CCAC to Review 2011 Presidential Dollar, Native American $1 Designs

November 10, 2009

2011 Presidential $1 Coin Candidate Designs, Native American $1 Coin Design Theme Slated for Review
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) will hold a public meeting at 2 p.m. (ET) on Thursday, November 12, 2009, at United States Mint Headquarters, 801 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20220.  The purpose of the meeting is to conduct [...]

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Walt Disney World Using Dollar Coins

October 23, 2009

The Walt Disney World Resort in central Florida near Orlando has just announced plans it is participating in a pilot program with the US Mint. Under this program, several merchandise and dining locations will now be giving back US Native American $1 coins instead of dollar bills as change.
“Our participation in the circulation pilot is [...]

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