3. Native American $1 Coins Released Early Next Year
Beginning in 2009, the United States Mint will mint and issue $1 coins featuring designs celebrating the
important contributions made by Indian tribes and individual Native Americans to the history and development of the
United States. The "Sacagawea" design, first appearing in 2000, will remain on the obverse of the coin, while the
reverse design will change each year. The 2009 Native American $1
Coin reverse features a Native American woman planting seeds in a field of corn, beans and squash, representing
"Three Sisters Agriculture," and the inscriptions UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and $1.