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1 Dollar 'Native American Dollar' Sequoyah of the Cherokee Nation
| Issuer | United States Mint |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar (1 USD) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the draped bust of Sacagawea facing right, her hair swept back and adorned with a traditional wrap, with an infant (Jean Baptiste Charbonneau) carried on her back in a cradleboard-style blanket. The portrait, sculpted by Glenna Goodacre, is rendered in high relief with fine detail in the hair and textile folds. The legend LIBERTY arcs along the upper rim, while the motto IN GOD WE TRUST appears in two lines to the left of the effigy. The designer's initials GG are incused subtly at the base of the design. |
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| Edge | Lettered |
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The 2017 Native American Dollar honors Sequoyah, the Cherokee silversmith who single-handedly created a written syllabary for the Cherokee language between roughly 1809 and 1821 — one of the only known instances in recorded history of a person with no prior literacy inventing a complete writing system independently. Within a decade of its introduction, Cherokee literacy rates reportedly surpassed those of surrounding white settler communities. The syllabary is still in use.