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1 Dollar
| Issuer | Poarch Band of Creek Indians |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | Left-facing bust portrait of Chief Menawa, renowned Creek war leader known as 'The Great Warrior', rendered in low relief with fine facial detail and depicted wearing a traditional headwrap and beaded necklace. The portrait is centrally positioned within the field, enclosed by a dotted inner border. The curved legend CHIEF MENAWA "THE GREAT WARRIOR" arcs along the upper and left periphery in stylized lettering. The date 2005 appears in the lower exergual area flanked by small dot ornaments. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Poarch Band of Creek Indians, federally recognized in 1984 as the only acknowledged tribal nation in Alabama, began issuing their own coinage under the authority granted to sovereign tribal entities following a series of legal precedents in the 1980s and 1990s that clarified tribes' rights to mint non-circulating legal tender. These issues occupy an unusual category — catalogued in Krause's X# series alongside other non-standard world coins, yet carrying genuine sovereign backing.
Collector demand for Poarch Band issues has remained limited outside dedicated exonumia specialists, keeping mintages and distribution figures poorly documented in mainstream numismatic literature.