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Message:: [QUOTE="brg5658, post: 1326005, member: 29751"]Some people are confused by the designation of "Native American" dollar versus the "Sacagawea dollar".  The series as a whole with the obverse design of Sacagawea began in 2000, and WAS minted for general circulation, to the tune of 1.3 billion coins in 2000 alone.  The issue was also struck with intent of general circulation in 2001, with a total of 130 million coins struck.  In 2002, the production was cut back significantly, and for years 2002-2008 the coins were only available via mint sets or via direct ship orders from the US Mint.  Mintages during these 7 years ranged from 3.5 million to around 8 million annually. In 2009, the Sacagawea dollar was redesigned and renamed to the "Native American" dollar series.  The obverse design remained the same, except for the date and the mint mark were moved to the edge lettering.  The reverse was to become an annually changing design dedicated to differing Native American related themes.  In 2009, the production of these dollars increased significantly, and 70 millions coins were minted in 2009 and 80 million were minted in 2010.  Most of this increase in production was likely because of the bizarre mandate that 20% of all $1 coins must be Native American dollars. Most serious collectors of the series refer to all of this series as "Native American dollars" or as "Sacagawea dollars" and do not differentiate between the years 2000-2008 (eagle reverse) versus the current "commemorative" type series (2009-2011).  Thus, I believe your statement that the Native American coins were not made for general circulation to be misleading.  Based on the mintages in 2000 and 2001 alone, there are somewhere almost 1.5 billion Sacagawea dollars...and I haven't seen them in circulation!!![/QUOTE]

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