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In 2009, the United States Mint began minting and issuing $1 coins as part of the Native American Dollar Coin Program. The coins feature designs that celebrate the significant contributions of Native American and Indian tribes to the history and development of the United States.
Today, February 9, the one corresponding to this year is issued. This new coin honors Ely Samuel Parker, a US Army officer, engineer, and tribal diplomat who served as military secretary to Ulysses S. Grant during the American Civil War. When Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, on the morning of April 9, 1865, Parker drew up the formal surrender documents in his own handwriting.
Designed by, Paul C. Balan, and engraved by United States Mint Chief Engraver Joseph Menna, the reverse design features Parker, depicted in Army uniform, holding a pen and book, along with with the image of your signature, as symbols of your ability as an expert communicator. The inscriptions "TONAWANDA SENECA" and "HA-SA-NO-AN-DA" recognize his tribe and the name they gave him at birth. The usual legends “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” and “$1.
The obverse, common to this entire series of US one dollar coins, shows Sacagawea and her son Jean Baptiste. This indigenous woman from the Shoshone tribe accompanied and guided one of the most important reconnaissance expeditions in the United States. The face on the coin reproduces the face of a modern-day Shoshone woman named Randy'L He-dow Teton, as no image of Sacagawea exists.
The year of minting, the mint mark and the inscription “E PLURIBUS UNUM” (Out of many, one) are engraved on the edge of the coin.
Characteristics of the coin
Face value: 1 dollar
Composition: Copper, Nickel and Zinc
Diameter: 26.5 mm
Weight: 8.1 g
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