Native Americans on United States Coinage: Second Edition

By Dr. Victor E. Sower

This book documents the depiction of Native Americans on United States coins. Some depictions are of actual Native American individuals, others represent a composite of known Native American individuals, while some are idealized or generalized images.Some of the coins are regular issues of the United States Mint intended primarily for circulation. These coins are usually included in uncirculated and proof editions by the Mint. Other coins are commemoratives or collectables which are issued only in uncirculated and/or mint editions. While these are also legal tender, their collection value exceeds their denominated value, and in some cases the "melt value" of the metal from which they were coined.The book begins with the Regular Issues which depict actual Native American subjects. This section is followed by Regular Issues which depict idealized images of Native Americans. The next group, referred to as "imposters" represent depictions that appear to be Native American, but really are images of Liberty with an added feather headdress.The next section covers the commemorative half dollars followed by a section on the two collectable silver dollars depicting Native Americans. The final section covers the issues through 2018 in the Native American $1 Coin Program. These coins share a common obverse design depicting Sacagawea and her child but with a different reverse design each year.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1729266797
• ISBN13: 9781729266793
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 37 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.1" x 7.0"