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Half Dollar Shawnee Tribes
| Issuer | Jamul Indian Village (Native American tribes) |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the official emblem of the Jamul Sovereign Nation, depicting a four-pointed star at center flanked by two pairs of stylized oak leaf sprigs in the upper and lower fields. A horizontal rectangular banner bearing a row of small four-pointed stars occupies the central register beneath the star device. Decorative arrow motifs appear at the left and right periphery of the design. The circular legend reads 'JAMUL SOVEREIGN NATION' along the upper rim and 'NATIVE INDIAN NATIONS IN AMERICA' along the lower rim, both in Latin script. |
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| Mintage | 2022 - Proof - 25,000 |
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Jamul Indian Village, a federally recognized Kumeyaay tribe in San Diego County, issues these half dollar-sized pieces under the broader framework of Native American tribal sovereignty that permits tribes to mint their own currency — legal tender within tribal jurisdiction. The Shawnee, however, are a northeastern and Great Lakes people historically unconnected to the Kumeyaay of southern California. That geographic and cultural disconnect between issuer and subject is common in this cottage industry of tribal coinage, where commemorative appeal drives the subject matter more than ancestral ties.