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Message:: [QUOTE="Clinker, post: 705001, member: 6229"]This is about United States of America money bearing a true Native American on one of its sides, The very first U.S.A. coin to bear a Native American is the 1854 Gold Dollar. The 1854 and 1855 issues featured a small Indian Princess head. Those appearing on the gold Dollarsof 1856 or later featured a large Indian Princess head. So you can see the difference in size of the two heads, here's photos of an 1854 and an 1880 Gold Dollar courtesy of Coin Auctions Help: http://coinauctionshelp.com/Indian_Head_Princess_$1_Gold.html The next coins bearing a Native American on them are those Gold Eagles minted 1907 - 1933 (photo courtesy of Coin Page):: <a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-4520.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-4520.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-4520.html</a> You have to pick up either a $2 1/2 (quarter-eagle) gold piece or a $5 (Half Eagle) gold coin to see a Native American featured on their obverses. Both denominations were first struck in 1908 and last minted in 1929. Photos courtesy of Coin Page: Gold Quarter-eagle: <a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-6689.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-6689.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-6689.html</a> Gold Half Eagle: <a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-1078.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-1078.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-1078.html</a>  Our attention to the U.S.A. coins bearing a Native American takes us to the Five Cents (Nickels) minted 1916 through 1938 with the bison (buffalo) on the reverse (photo courtesy of Coin Page). As you know 2 varieties were minted in 1916 (bison on a mound/bison on a plain): Bison on Mound (Type 1): <a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-499.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-499.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-499.html</a>  Bison on Plain (Type 2): Obverse: <a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3949.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3949.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3949.html</a>  Reverse: <a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3950.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3950.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3950.html</a>  Some of you may be thinking, "Whoa! What about the Indian Head Cents minted from 1859 through 1909?" Indian Head Cent is a misnomer. Longacre designed the coin featuring the Allegorical Lady Liberty wearing an Indian headdress. There are more U.S.A. coins bearing Native Americans on them. Datewise we look up the coins of 1921 and discover the 1921 Missouri Centennial silver Half Dollar. Photo courtesy of Coin Page: <a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3624.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3624.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3624.html</a>  This time the Native American adorns the obverse of our next U.S.A. commemorative, The Oregon Trail Commemorative struck from 1926 through 1939. Photo courtesy of Coin Page: <a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-1161.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-1161.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-1161.html</a>  I'm going to stretch your numismatic integrity a mite with this next coin. It is the 1928 Hawaii Sesqicentennial commemorative silver Half Dollar. Hawaii was not a state yet in 1926, however it was a possession. You may decide not to view the photo of the coin - you may decide to look at it, its up to you. On the reverse is a very authentically dressed Hawaii Native Chief. Photo courtesy of Coin Page: <a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2123.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2123.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2123.html</a>  The minting of our next Native American bearing coin spanned the years 1934 and 1938 and commemorated the life of Daniel Boone. Photo courtesy of Coin Page: <a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-8227.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-8227.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-8227.html</a>  Suddenly it's time for the Sacagawea Dollar of 2000. Photo courtesy of Coin Page: <a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3068.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3068.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3068.html</a>  Here's a modern Commemorative silver proof $1 (2001) that commemorates the American Buffalo (Bison) with an enlargement of the obverse and reverse of Fraser's Indian Head obverse, Bison reverse (American Buffalo Commemorative). Photo courtesy of U.S. Rare Currency: <a href="http://www.usrarecurrency.com/2001AmericanProofBuffaloSilverDollar.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.usrarecurrency.com/2001AmericanProofBuffaloSilverDollar.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.usrarecurrency.com/2001AmericanProofBuffaloSilverDollar.htm</a>  You know about all the Statehood Quarters (you probably have some from one coin to all 200. If you own the 2008 Hawaii Statehood Quarter you own a very well illustrated rendition of Hawaii's first ruler Kamehahameha If you never saw one, here's a photo courtesy of Coin Page: <a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-7519.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-7519.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-7519.html</a>  Well we took a tour of the U.S.A. coin currency bearing a Native American on one of its sides, but we've yet to view a photo of the only U.S.A. regular issue paper currency with a Native American on it. Before I reveal the photo of the only U.S.A. regular issue paper Currency to feature a Native American on it, there's something you should know: Late in 1888 the Treasury Department decided to create a new obverse for the 1899 $5 Silver Certificate. Their desire for something new blossomed into wanting to feature a Native American Chief on the bill's obverse. Since there was no conflict (or not very much conflict) with the tribes inhabiting the Pacific Northwest, representatives and artists were dispatched to the area. After weeks of searching, they found a very friendly congenial American Indian Chief named One Papa. The artists quickly prepared drawings and sent them to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Here's where things went awry. The final preparations were placed on the Bureau Director's desk for his approval. The Director took one look at the image and felt something was wrong. All the pictures in newspapers of Indian Chiefs he had ever seen were of men wearing a headdress. This one wasn't wearing a headdress. An in-house artist was commissioned to add a headdress to the image. Not a big deal, right? It was a great mistake! The artist did not add a headdress (worn in peaceful times), but created an image of Chief One Papa wearing a war bonnet. And, if that unsult wasn't enough, the war bonnet wasn't of the Chief's Tribe - it was not even of any Northwest Pacific tribe. In spite of protests from all the tribes throughout the Pacific Northwest the government ignored their objections and left the image as rendered. When you view the $5 Silver Certificate you will see an actual Native American Chief wearing some other tribe's war bonnet. Go figure. Photo courtesy of Flickr: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/khosrozabihi/3781381763/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/khosrozabihi/3781381763/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/khosrozabihi/3781381763/</a>  Thought you'd like to know...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Clinker[/QUOTE]

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