Native American $1 Coin 2019 Rolls, Bags, and Boxes

The 2019 Native American $1 Coin reverse (tails side) design highlights the contributions of Native Americans to the U.S. Space Program. American Indians have been on the modern frontier of space flight since its infancy. American Indian contributions to the U.S. Space Program culminated in the three spacewalks of John Herrington (Chickasaw) on the International Space Station in 2002. These and other pioneering achievements date back to the work of Mary Golda Ross (Cherokee), one of the first female American Indian engineers. She helped develop the Agena spacecraft for the Gemini and Apollo Programs.

The reverse design features Mary Golda Ross writing calculations. Behind her, an Atlas-Agena rocket launches into space, with an equation inscribed in its cloud. An astronaut, symbolic of Native American astronauts, including Herrington spacewalks above. In the field behind, a group of stars indicates outer space.

Inscriptions are “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” and “$1.”

These 2019 Native American $1 Coins with circulating finishes have never been placed into circulation. They were minted at the Denver and Philadelphia Mints.