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5 Dollars Shawnee Tribe Gold
| Issuer | Sovereign Nation of the Shawnee Tribe |
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| Year | 2002 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Obverse description | Central device consisting of a large four-pointed star superimposed over a ribbon banner bearing twelve smaller four-pointed stars, all enclosed within a wreath of laurel branches. Radiating lines emanate from behind the central star, filling the upper field in a sunburst motif. The circular legend 'THE SOVEREIGN NATION OF THE SHAWNEE TRIBE' arcs around the periphery, with the date '2002' centered at the base between two raised dots. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma gained federal recognition in 2000 after decades of legal separation from the Absentee Shawnee and Eastern Shawnee. This coin followed almost immediately — part of a broader pattern among newly or re-recognized tribes in the early 2000s using numismatic programs to assert governmental standing and generate revenue. The issuing authority is real; the legal basis for the coinage, less so, as no tribal nation holds authority under U.S. law to issue coins denominated in dollars for general circulation.
KM#2 suggests at least one prior issue in the series. Mintage figures for these tribal gold pieces were rarely published with any transparency.