Coin, Native American

Object/Artifact

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Museum of History Benicia

2010 Native American Dollar obverse

2010 Native American Dollar obverse

Name/Title

Coin, Native American

Entry/Object ID

2024.4.10

Description

2010 Native American dollar. No date appears on coin. Composition: manganese brass clad copper The obverse has Sacagawea (1788-1812), a Shoshone Native American. The reverse has a Hiawatha Belt and five arrows bound together representing unity with the inscription "Haudenosaunee", the word the Iroquois Confederacy calls themselves. The word means "People of the Long House".

Collection

Benicia Historical Museum Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Thomas Cleveland, Charles L. Vickers

Date made

2010