Sacagawea carrying her infant son, Jean Baptiste, facing right.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
LIBERTY
IN GOD
WE TRUST
Reverse description
Maria Tallchief in balletic pose. A nod to the “Five Moons” is presented in the lunar motif, while the four ballerinas in the background are symbolic of both Tallchief’s American Indian ballerina contemporaries and the generations of dancers they inspired.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
MARIA TALLCHIEF
$1
AMERICAN INDIANS IN BALLET
Edge
Incused (edge) Inscriptions.
Mint
D United States Mint of Denver,United States (1906-date) P United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date) S United States Mint of San Francisco, United States (1854-date)