Rolls, bags and boxes of the newest dollar from the United States Mint become available today at noon EST with the debut of the 2023 Native American $1 Coin. A part of a multi-year series, the dollar recognizes the important contributions made by Indian tribes and individual Native Americans to the development of the United States.
This year’s release features a reverse (tails side) design of Maria Tallchief, who was an Osage Nation Native American ballerina, and four other dancers. Tallchief is considered to be America’s first prima ballerina and noted for her lasting legacy in the art.
2023 Native American Dollar Coin Designs
Created by Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) Designer Benjamin Sowards and sculpted by U.S. Mint Medallic Artist Phebe Hemphill, the design was selected from among 7 candidates.
Maria Tallchief is front and center of the design, locked in a graceful ballet pose. Behind, and to each side of Tallchief, four more dancers appear. They represent Tallchief’s younger sister Marjorie Tallchief, Yvonne Chouteau, Rosella Hightower, and Moscelyne Larkin. Together, the group was known as the "Five Moons," which is also signified by the lunar motif of the image.
Inscriptions around the design include "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," "MARIA TALLCHIEF," "$1," and "AMERICAN INDIANS IN BALLET."
All obverses (heads side) in the coin series share a likeness of Sacagawea carrying her infant son, Jean-Baptiste. Sculptor Glenna Goodacre is responsible for the image.
"LIBERTY" and "IN GOD WE TRUST" are inscribed above and to the left of Sacagawea, respectively.
Edge inscriptions on each coin include the year, the mint mark, and "E PLURIBUS UNUM."
Native American $1 Coin Specifications
| Denomination: | $1 Coin |
| Composition: | 6% Zinc, 3.5% Manganese, 2% Nickel, Balance Copper |
| Weight: | 8.100 grams |
| Diameter: | 1.043 inches (26.49 mm) |
| Edge: | Lettered |
| Mint and Mint Mark: | Philadelphia – P Denver – D |
Prices for the Rolls, Bags and Boxes
2023 Maria Tallchief Native American $1 Coins are available in 25-coin rolls, 100-coin bags and 250-coin boxes at the price points of:
| PRODUCT OPTION | PRICE |
| 25-Coin Roll – P | $34.50 |
| 25-Coin Roll – D | $34.50 |
| 100-Coin Bag – P | $117.50 |
| 100-Coin Bag – D | $117.50 |
| 250-Coin Box – P | $289.75 |
| 250-Coin Box – D | $289.75 |
Coins with a mint mark of ‘P’ are produced at the Philadelphia Mint while those with a ‘D’ are struck at the Denver Mint.
The pricing represents no change from last year’s coin.
Ordering
Native American dollars are available from the U.S. Mint by visiting their online catalog of Native American $1 products.
An initial household order limit of 10 per roll, bag and box has been established.
Past Native American $1 Coins and Mintages
The U.S. Mint’s Native American $1 Coin Program has featured the following themes since its introduction in 2009:
- 2009 – Three Sisters Agriculture
- 2010 – Great Tree of Peace and the Iroquois Confederacy
- 2011 – Great Wampanoag Nation
- 2012 – Trade Routes
- 2013 – Treaty with the Delawares
- 2014 – Native Hospitality Ensured the Success of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- 2015 – Contributions of the Kahnawake Mohawk and Mohawk Akwesasne communities to "high iron" construction work
- 2016 – Contributions of the Native American Code Talkers in World War I and World War II
- 2017 – Sequoyah, inventor of the Cherokee Syllabary
- 2018 – Sports legend Jim Thorpe, a member of the Sac and Fox tribe
- 2019 – Mary Golda Ross, the first known Native American female engineer, and a space-walking astronaut symbolic of Native American astronauts
- 2020 – Elizabeth Peratrovich and Alaska’s 1945 Anti-Discrimination Law
- 2021 – Military Service
- 2022 – Ely S. Parker
The coins were were originally minted for general circulation in addition to numismatic products. However, since 2012, they have been struck solely for numismatic purposes. The table below shows mintages for the program by year.
Native American Dollar Coin Mintages
| Denver Mint | Philadelphia Mint | Total Mintages | |
| 2009 | 33.88 M | 37.88 M | 71.26 M |
| 2010 | 48.72 M | 32.06 M | 80.78 M |
| 2011 | 48.16 M | 29.40 M | 77.56 M |
| 2012 | 3.08 M | 2.80 M | 5.88 M |
| 2013 | 1.82 M | 1.82 M | 3.64 M |
| 2014 | 2.80 M | 3.08 M | 5.88 M |
| 2015 | 2.24 M | 2.80 M | 5.04 M |
| 2016 | 2.10 M | 2.80 M | 4.09 M |
| 2017 | 1.54 M | 1.82 M | 3.36 M |
| 2018 | 1.40 M | 1.40 M | 2.80 M |
| 2019 | 1.54 M | 1.40 M | 2.94 M |
| 2020 | 1.26 M | 1.40 M | 2.66 M |
| 2021 | 1.26 M | 1.26 M | 2.52 M |
| 2022 | .98 M | .98 M | 1.96 M |
| 2023 | 1.12 M | 1.12 M | 2.24 M |
To date, U.S. Mint figures for last year’s Ely S. Parker Native American dollar have sales at 13,921 Philadelphia rolls, 13,890 Denver rolls, 1,622 Philadelphia bags, 1,609 Denver bags, 1,698 Philadelphia boxes and 1,699 Denver boxes sold.
As much as I would like to jump in on these I have to pass as I am now spending previous issues and the Presidential series of dollars. Doing my part to put them out there in circulation.
The way it should be. Kudos to you! I’ll pass on this issue because I’m not a big fan of ballet or opera, not that there’s anything wrong with it.
Kaiser —
You might recall that the Mint actually did have a program for getting the US Presidential dollar coins into circulation. They even made shipping FREE to encourage them being bought. I got some rolls for my daughter, a 6th Grade Teacher at the time, to give out to her 6th Grade at Jefferson Elementary that she continued to use at John Adam’s Elementary for spontaneous recognition.
After all, the challenge for us oldsters is to make Infancy as interesting to Infants as Adultery is interesting to Adults ….
— Mike
Mike: Great idea to get the kids interested. That was the program that got me started. I was ordering boxes and keeping a few for myself. Now parting with those.
Thanks Antonio and Kaiser.
She will also be the subject of an AWQ coming out this year as well.
Although not related to the 2023 Native American $1 Coins, just noticed the release date for the American Eagle 2023 One Ounce Silver Proof Coin – West Point (W) and the Congratulations Set 2023 – West Point (W) changed to March 2 from February 28 and the price for the two products is still TBD. The ASE Proof coin has a mintage and product limit = None and Household Order Limit = 25, and the Congratulations Set has a product limit = 40,000 and HOL = 3.
And in its ever confusing way of doing things, my subscriptions no longer are sorted by date, but apparently entire random order. The roll of Native American D mint has been processed and the P mint doesn’t show anywhere at the moment. Under product schedule, something like the Morgan Dollars says ‘summer 2023’ but an exact date is provided under subscription. Gotta love it!
oh, and the Ohio dollar 25 coin roll P went from less than 100 yesterday to over 600 available (Kaiser must have cancelled a bunch, HA) and there are less rolls available for the Louisiana under subscription than Ohio available at the moment
Hey there Guys and Gals!
First post and just wanted to give you all a heads up that the US Mint is raising prices on Silver Medals, ASE’s, the AWQ’s series products in addition to the 2023 scheduled Peace and Morgan dollars!
The Silver Medal prices increase today and the others go into effect tomorrow!
Thanks for the heads up, Caliskier! Very interesting information; Is there a source where this information is referenced? As of 11am ET today (2/7/2023) the Silver Medal prices have not changed. Will tomorrow’s silver products’ price increases go into effect at 1pm ET (like the weekly price range pricing changes for gold, platinum and palladium products, which may change on Wednesdays in the afternoon)?
Hey there Rich and others, this information comes from the Federal Register, however you’re probably now aware, since they now have an article pertaining to the Silver Medals.
Here are the new prices: ”Presidential Silver Medals $75.00 Armed Forces 1 oz. Silver Medal $75.00 Armed Forces 2.5 oz. Silver Medals $175.00” and “American Eagle Silver Proof Coin (W) $80 American Eagle Silver Proof Coin (S) $80 American Eagle Silver Uncirculated Coin $76 United States Mint Proof Set® $35 United States Mint Silver Proof Set® $130 United States Mint Limited Edition Silver Proof SetTM $220 United States Mint Uncirculated Coin Set® $29 United States Mint Congratulations Set $82 American Women Quarters Proof SetTM $23 American Women Quarters Silver Proof SetTM $80 Morgan Dollar—Proof $80 Morgan Dollar—Uncirculated $76 Peace Dollar—Proof… Read more »
did they list a price for the 2 coin reverse proof set Morgan/Peace?
The Mint has on their website: Approx. $175.00 per subscription.
Projected image of this set (2023 Morgan and Peace dollar reverse proof set).
Caliskier: Thanks for the heads up! This will squeeze my overall purchases on the eagles for sure. I will cut back 10% on those. Will evaluate others.
with about a 10% increase across the board that means the 2 coin reverse dollar coins will be probably 190 or more. Ouch!
the 3 roll S quarters went up $6, and I guess that mike explain suddenly under subscription 2 rolls are now available. wonder if there is a connection! but if you are interested in the S quarters and don’t have a subscription a small window of opportunity is open at the moment.
Yes, but a $190 bought from the Mint, how much in resale? That’s where the thinking should be at, the investment inflation factor.
under data-available there are only 46,352 coins available. If the amount available under subscription = 250,000 then over 80% have been sold. I’m still not so sure the mint doesn’t hold some in reserve for day of release (or for under the table for the BIG GUY) you would like to think it doesn’t happen, but…
Under my subscriptions, Nov 14 is listed as the date for the release of the 2 coin set. So that is 9 months away. guess we shall see how fast they might go the next few months.
Tom there wasn’t any mention of the 2023 2 coin RP Morgan Peace dollar set. I wouldn’t be surprised if these also increase and expect they will also see at least a $5-$10 jump? Time will tell…
Glad you all appreciate the sharing of this information! Thanks for the welcome and not “shooting the messenger” Kaiser Wilhelm! Wonder how many different spell check naming conventions have been added or amended by AI, KW? My posts can be brutally “truthful” when it comes to the US Mint these past few years. Been known to be a bit “frisky” one could say and tromping thru bushes loaded with birds is easy pickings. You all know what they say about the truth? I’ll leave it at that. BTW this is one of many sites I frequent and lurk, so maybe… Read more »
Normally get 6-8 rolls. Give most of mine out to Youth group at Church for AttABoys/Girls. They get a kick out of it and some started collecting.
Thanks to Uncle Joe, have to pass this year.
Why does my sacajawea $1-have no mint marks on any of my coins. These coins she has a tear coming from right eye? What’s going on?