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WASHINGTON - The United States Mint officially announced the reverse (tails) design of the 2018 Native American $1 coin. The coin's theme pays homage to sports legend Jim Thorpe.
The 2018 reverse design depicts Jim Thorpe, with the foreground elements highlighting his football and Olympic achievements. Inscriptions are JIM THORPE, WA-THO-HUK (Thorpe's Sac and Fox tribe name), UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and $1. United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Michael Gaudioso created the design.
Products containing the 2018 Native American $1 coin are scheduled to go on sale on February 15, 2018.
Authorized by the Public Law 110-82, the Native American $1 Coin Program celebrates the important contributions made by Native American tribes and individual Native Americans to the history and development of the United States. The public law mandates that a reverse design, with an image emblematic of one important Native American or Native American contribution, be issued at a rate of once a year.
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