United States 1 Dollar "Native American Dollar", 2019

American Indians in the Space Program

Obverse Reverse

Information

Country United States United States
Currency Dollar (1785 – 9999)
Coin type Non-circulating coin
Denomination 1 Dollar
Year 2019
Ruler Federal republic (1776–9999)
Composition Manganese brass clad copper
Shape Round
Alignment Coin alignment ↑↓
Technique Milled
Weight (g) 8.1
Diameter (mm) 26.49
Thickness (mm) 2

Description

1 Dollar from United States. Issued in 2019. Struck in Manganese brass clad copper. Measures 26.49 mm and weighs 8.1 g.

Obverse
Sacagawea carrying her infant son, Jean Baptiste.
Reverse
Mary Golda Ross writing calculations. In the background, an Atlas-Agena rocket launches into space, with an equation inscribed in its cloud. The equation, denoting the energy it takes to leave Earth and reach the orbit of a distant planet, represents her important contributions to the space program. An astronaut, symbolic of Native American astronauts, including John Herrington, conducts a spacewalk above. A group of stars in the field behind indicates outer space.
Edge
Lettered

Mintage & Variants

Date Mintage xf au unc Comment Frequency
2019 D € 2,00 € 2,60 € 2,60 63%
2019 P € 2,40 € 2,40 € 2,40 53%
2019 P 50K € 14,00 Enhanced Uncirculated 4%
2019 S € 10,00 Proof 27%

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