2010 Satin Finish Native American Dollar - Missing Edge Lettering

Strike Type

Coin Details

Year

2010

Denomination

Dollar

Strike Type

Special Strike

Series

Sacagawea & Native American Dollars 2000 to Date

Designer

Glenna Goodacre/Thomas Cleveland

Mintage

583,897

Composition

88.5% Copper, 6% Zinc, 3.5% Manganese and 2% Nickel

Weight

8.1g

Diameter

26.5mm

Edge

Plain

Auction Record

Price realized: $575
Sold: 30 May 2012
Grade: SP66
Auction house: Heritage Auctions

Description

The 2010 Satin Finish Native American Dollar - Missing Edge Lettering is a special strike dollar from the Sacagawea & Native American Dollars 2000 to Date series. The U.S. Mint issued 583,897 2010 Satin Finish Native American dollars in all; the number that missed the edge-lettering step is unknown. The obverse features Sacagawea carrying her infant son, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, on her back; the reverse changes every year to honor a Native American contribution. The 2010 Native American Dollar celebrates the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and its Great Law of Peace, which bound the Haudenosaunee nations together. The reverse depicts the Hiawatha Belt with five arrows bound together representing the five original nations. Second design of the annual reverse program. The Great Law of Peace (Haudenosaunee Confederacy) was featured. Auction record: $575 SP66 05-30-2012 Heritage Auctions. Struck in manganese brass (77% copper, 12% zinc, 7% manganese, 4% nickel) bonded to a pure copper core, weighing 8.1 grams, 26.5 mm in diameter, with a plain edge. Cataloged as PCGS #507113.