24K Gold Plated Native American Dollar - 2023

Starting in 2009, the Sacagawea Dollar became the Native American Dollar, with each year’s coin featuring a different reverse design honoring Native American culture and history. 

The theme of the 2023 Native American $1 Coin is: Maria Tallchief and American Indians in Ballet.
Maria Tallchief is considered America’s first major prima ballerina. She is the first Native American (Osage Nation) to hold the rank. In addition to Tallchief, four other American Indian ballerinas from Oklahoma achieved international recognition in the 20th century, including her younger sister Marjorie Tallchief, Yvonne Chouteau, Rosella Hightower, and Moscelyne Larkin. Celebrated as the “Five Moons,” their legacy of achievement and inclusion continues to influence ballet today.
The reverse (tails) design features Maria Tallchief in balletic pose. A nod to the “Five Moons” is presented in the lunar motif, while the four ballerinas in the background are symbolic of both Tallchief’s American Indian ballerina contemporaries and the generations of dancers they inspired.The reverse Inscriptions are "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA", "MARIA TALLCHIEF", "$1", "AMERICAN INDIANS IN BALLET"

This coin is a special limited edition that is richly plated in pure 24 karat gold. Just a tiny fraction of the coins have been set aside for this gold-plated edition. Gold-layered coins are not available from the U.S. Mint but only through special offers like this.

The obverse is Sacagawea, the Native American guide who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition on their quest to find a route to the Pacific Ocean.  Sacagawea was the first identifiable Native American to be featured on a circulating U.S. coin.