April 13, 2017 -
The Grand Canyon National Park quarter is the fourth of 2010 and the fourth overall in the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program. A powerful and inspiring landscape, the Grand Canyon overwhelms the senses through its immense size of the 277...
March 7, 2023 -
This medal is a bronze duplicate of the Congressional Gold Medal presented to the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) in recognition of their pioneering military service that led to reform in the U.S. Armed Forces. Congress authorized the medal on...
November 19, 2021 -
The 2009 Native American $1 Coin is based on the theme of agriculture. Spread of Three Sisters Agriculture (1000 A.D.) Maize was domesticated in central Mexico and spread from the southwest through North America, along with symbiotic “Three Sisters” agriculture,...
November 19, 2021 -
The 2016 Native American $1 Coin commemorates the contributions of the Native American Code Talkers in World War I and World War II. It is estimated that more than 12,000 Native Americans served in the U.S. military during World War...
November 19, 2021 -
The 2015 Native American $1 Coin commemorates the contributions of the Kahnawake Mohawk and Mohawk Akwesasne communities to “high iron” construction work and the building of New York City skyscrapers. American Indians have become legendary figures in hazardous occupations. Tribes...
November 19, 2021 -
The 2013 Native American $1 Coin commemorates the Delaware Treaty of 1778. After declaring independence, the United States signed its first formal treaty with an Indian tribe, the Delaware, at Fort Pitt (now Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) on September 17, 1778. The...
November 19, 2021 -
The theme for the 2012 Native American $1 Coin is Trade Routes in the 17th Century. Introduction: Trade and Economy American Indians maintained widespread trans-continental, inter-tribal trade for more than a millennium. The Native American trade infrastructure became the channel...
November 19, 2021 -
The theme for the 2011 Native American $1 Coin is “Supreme Sachem Ousamequin, Massasoit of the Great Wampanoag Nation Creates Alliance with Settlers at Plymouth Bay (1621).” Introduction: Diplomacy—Treaties with Tribal Nations Within Native American culture, the ability to make...
March 7, 2023 -
This medal is a bronze duplicate of the Congressional Gold Medal honoring the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African-American pilots who flew for the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. Congress authorized the medal on April 11,...
November 19, 2021 -
The theme for the 2010 Native American $1 Coin is “Government—The Great Tree of Peace.” Great Tree of Peace (early 1400s) (Noted in P.L. 110-82 as “Iroquois Confederacy”) The Haudenosaunee Confederation, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy of upstate New...
