Description
As the Native Dollar Series from the Native American Mint rolls on in 2016, the latest release in the series honours one of the most well-known tribes from the American Southwest.
Apache peoples are actually a culturally related group of Native American tribes found throughout the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. These people have been in the region for centuries, and shifted from fighting the incursions of the Spanish and Mexican armies during the 17th century to fighting the United States Army during the American-Indian Wars of the mid-19th century.
Today, Apache groups can be found predominantly throughout Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, and Oklahoma in the US, as well as the states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Tamaulipas in northern Mexico.
On the coin’s obverse, you’ll find the image of an Apache tribal member, along with the engravings that identify the Native American tribe and the coin’s purity, metal content, year of issue, value, and weight.
The reverse features the image of a rattlesnake, one of the southwest’s deadliest creatures. Engravings on this face are consistent with other coins in the series, identifying the state and animal in question, as well as the name “America.”
Native American Mint Native Dollars coins have a face value of 1 Dollar, but as the United States Mint is the only American mint with the authority to strike legal tender coins, there is no official face value to these coins.
Specifications
Mint: Native American Mint
Weight: 1 oz
Purity: .999 fine silver
Condition: New
