The 2025-dated Native American Dollar will be released today from the United States Mint beginning at 12pm EST. Struck at Philadelphia and Denver, the coins will be available in 25-coin rolls, 100-coin bags, and 250-coin boxes.
Established to honor the important contributions made by the Indian tribes and Native American individuals, the Native American $1 Coin Program was created in 2009 as part of the Native American One Dollar Coin Act (Public Law 110-82). The “Sacagawea” dollar coin was first produced in 2000.
For the 2025 coin, the obverse continues to showcase a portrait of Sacagawea carrying her infant son Jean-Baptiste. On the reverse, the design features Mary Kawena Pukui dressed in a hibiscus flower, a kukui nut lei, and a mu’umu’u in an aloha print. Inscriptions read “United States of America,” $1,” and “Nānā I Ke Kumu,” which translates to “Look to the Source.” They are done in a stylized depiction of water.
Nānā I Ke Kumu is a book series that Queen Lili’uokalani Children’s Center and Mary Kawena Pukui produced. The saying itself is fitting for Pukui as her legacy, including her life and work, is that she was always consulted for her expertise on different aspects of Hawaiian knowledge. The leaves and nuts on the coin symbolize Hawaii’s state tree, the kukui.
The Philadelphia and Denver mint marks appear on the edge of the coins as they are incused.
Source: United States Mint
