Currently, there are a few circulating dollar coins in the United States, including:
- Native American $1 Coins: These coins feature Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman who assisted the Lewis and Clark expedition, on the obverse (heads side). The reverse (tails side) changes each year to honor contributions of Native Americans or tribes to the country’s development and history. Inscriptions on the edge include the year of minting, mint mark, and “E PLURIBUS UNUM”.
- American Innovation $1 Coins: These coins honor innovation and innovators from each state, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands according to the U.S. Mint website. The Statue of Liberty is featured on the obverse, and the reverse highlights a different innovation each year. The inscriptions “IN GOD WE TRUST” and “$1” are on the obverse, while “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” and the name of the state or territory are on the reverse, [according to the U.S. Mint website] . The year of minting, mint mark, and “E PLURIBUS UNUM” are incused on the edge of the coins.
It is important to note that although these coins are in production, they are primarily minted for collectors and may not be commonly encountered in everyday transactions.
Do they still make a $1 coin?
About the American Innovation $1 Coin Program
Four new $1 coins with distinctive reverse designs will be released each year from 2019 through 2032 in the order the states ratified the Constitution of the United States or were admitted to the Union.
How to know if a 1 dollar coin is real?
The color. Color is a unique characteristic of each coin. …
Brightness. This is obtained during minting and like color is a characteristic of each alloy.
Smoothness. Parts of the coin that are not engraved should be smooth, even and without porosity.
Wear and tear. …
Latent image. …
Microtext.