The United States Mint will begin accepting orders for products containing the 2025 Native American $1 Coin on January 28 at noon EST. Authorized by Public Law 110-82, the Native American $1 Coin Program was launched in 2009 in celebration of the important contributions made by Indian tribes and individual Native Americans to the history and development of the United States. The 2025 coin celebrates Hawaiian scholar, author, composer, hula expert, and educator Mary Kawena Pukui.
Available options and their prices are as follows:
Designed by Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) Designer Christina Hess and sculpted by Mint Medallic Artist Phebe Hemphill, the 2025 Native American $1 Coin reverse features Mary Kawena Pukui wearing a hibiscus flower, a kukui nut lei, and a muʻumuʻu adorned with an aloha print. Stylized depictions of water appear in the background. Inscriptions include her name, “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” and “$1.” The inscription “Nānā I Ke Kumu” translates literally to “Look to The Source.”
Nānā I Ke Kumu is the title of a series of books that Pukui helped to produce with the Queen Liliʻuokalani Children’s Center. The phrase itself is considered very evocative of Pukui’s life work and legacy, as she was someone who was continually consulted for her expertise on various aspects of Hawaiian knowledge. Hawaiian knowledge is symbolized through the leaves and nuts of Hawaii’s state tree, the kukui.
The coin’s obverse by the late sculptor Glenna Goodacre continues to feature Sacagawea carrying her infant son, Jean-Baptiste. Inscriptions are “LIBERTY” and “IN GOD WE TRUST.” The year, mintmark (P or D), and “E PLURIBUS UNUM” are incused on the edge of the coin.
To set up “REMIND ME” alerts for the 2025 Native American Dollar Coin products, click here. Orders for the 100-coin bags and the 250-coin boxes are limited to 10 items of each product per household.
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