1 Dollar "Native American Dollar" Haudenosaunee—Great Law of Peace
Features
| Issuer |
United States
 |
| Period |
Federal republic (1776-date)
|
| Type |
Circulating commemorative coin |
| 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 |
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 **********
© Cyrillius
Mints
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