United States
1 Dollar "Native American Dollar" · “Native American Dollar”
United States · Manganese
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The Native American Dollar: a coin that retells history every year
Most coins say one thing for decades. The Native American Dollar says something new every January. Sacagawea has held the front since 2000, but since 2009 the back has carried a different chapter of Native American history each year — agriculture, treaties, code talkers, astronauts. It is the most restless design in the U.S. coin cabinet, and a quiet error hidden in its edge once sold for almost ten thousand dollars.
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