Today, April 26, 2012, the United States Mint made available the 2012 Native American $1 Coin, the fourth issue to feature a new reverse design since the dollar series was introduced in 2009.
Unique also to this year’s lineup is that the United States Mint has added more products for buyers as rolls and boxes of the coins are now on sale. Only rolls were available in past years, and at a higher $39.95 price. This year’s Native American $1 coin rolls in quantities of $25 are sold for $32.95. Buyers have the option of ordering dollars that were minted from either Denver or Philadelphia.
250- and 500-coin boxes will obviously cost a bit more, but they may be purchased by U.S. Mint facility as well. The 250-coin boxes are priced at $275.95 while 500-coin boxes cost $550.95, plus an additional shipping charge of $7.95 per due to weight.
Coins in the rolls and boxes are struck to circulation quality, although have obviously never circulated.
The $1 products may be purchased directly from the U.S. Mint website at http://catalog.usmint.gov/.
This year’s Native American $1 Coin theme focuses on "Trade Routes in the 17th Century." The coin’s reverse design, by Thomas Cleveland, depicts a Native American and horse in profile with horses running in the background, symbolizing the historical spread of the horse.
Prior themes included:
- 2009 – ‘Spread of Three Sisters Agriculture’
- 2010 – ‘Government — The Great Tree of Peace’
- 2011 – ‘Diplomacy — Treaties with Tribal Nations’
Public Law 110-8, or the Native American $1 Coin Act, mandates a annually changing design to celebrate the contributions of Indian tribes and individual Native Americans to the history and development of the U.S.
Each year’s obverse continues to feature the "Sacagawea" design by sculptor Glenna Goodacre which was first introduced in 2000 on the "Sacagawea Golden Dollar."
