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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;taurus876, post: 397613, member: 5583&quot;]<span style="color: Red">edited for copyright</span></p><p><br /></p><p>The US mint selected a female Indian planting maize (corn) in a field for the reverse of the 2009 Sac.</p><p><br /></p><p>CCAC&#039;s second choice was a design featuring three female Indians surrounded by squash, corn and beans. It represented the traditional Three Sisters system of planting the crops. To the Iroquois people, corn, beans, and squash are the Three Sisters - the physical and spiritual sustainers of life. The three vegetables comprised their main food supply. Iroquois women mixed their crops, using a system called &quot;interplanting.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am disappointed in all of the designs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why are there only females and/or corn on the choices?</p><p><br /></p><p>I would have liked to see an Indian warrior(s) on horseback.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&amp;ArticleId=4805" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&amp;ArticleId=4805" rel="nofollow">http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&amp;ArticleId=4805</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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