The United States Mint is once again geared up for another annual release in the form of the Native American $1 Coin. It will go on sale to the public officially on Wednesday, February 9th, at 12pm EST. The series was established in 2000 to honor and recognize the contributions made by Indian tribes and Native American individuals.
To be released in 25-coin rolls, 100-coin bags, and 250-coin boxes from both the Philadelphia and Denver Mints, the 2022-dated $1 coin will honor Ely S. Parker, a Tonawanda Seneca who was General Ulysses S. Grant’s military secretary during the American Civil War and who wrote the formal surrender documents during the surrender at Appomattox. Although never circulated, the coins will have a circulating finish and will feature a lettered edge with the date, mint mark location (P or D), and “E PLURIBUS UNUM.”
The 2022 reverse design features Parker in an Army uniform with a quill pen, book, and the likeness of his signature. All of these items represent his experience under Grant as an expert communicator in addition to his elegant penmanship. “TONAWANDA SENECA,” “HA-SA-NO-AN-DA” are also inscribed as they describe his tribe and birth name. “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” and “$1” are also seen inscribed on the reverse.
The obverse of the $1 coin depicts and continues the portrait of Sacagawea carrying her infant son, Jean-Baptiste. “LIBERTY” and “IN GOD WE TRUST” are also seen.
Source: United States Mint