Mint Reveals Delaware-Based Design for 2013 Native American Dollar

United States Mint officials revealed Nov. 20 the approved design for the 2013 Native American dollar.

The adopted design features a turkey, howling wolf and turtle—all symbols of the clans of the Delaware Tribe—and a ring of 13 stars to represent the original Colonies. It was sketched by U.S. Mint Artistic Infusion Program Master Designer Susan Gamble and sculptured by U.S. Mint Medallic Sculptor Phebe Hemphill.

The design was approved Oct. 16 by Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal S. Wolin on behalf of Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner. It was selected from 13 reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee and Commission of Fine Arts. The approval process included input in summer and autumn from representatives of the governments of the three federally-recognized Delaware tribes—the Delaware Tribe of Indians; Delaware Nation in Anadarko, OK; and the Stockbridge Munsee Community of Bowler, WI.

It’s the first Indian dollar coin since the Sacajawea in 2000, and is only available in collector proofs and sold through the mint. The Delaware Tribe signed the first Indian treaty with the U.S. at Fort Pitt and approved by Congress on September 17, 1778.

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