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Robert Pearlman
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American Indians in the space program to be honored on 2019 US dollar coin

The United States Mint will recognize the important roles that Native Americans have held within the U.S. space program with the release of a dollar coin in 2019.

Continuing an annual series begun in 2009, the U.S. Mint's Native American $1 coin continues the use of a portrait of Sacagawea on its heads side, and features a design on its reverse (or tails side) that changes every year to honor the contributions of American Indians or Indian tribes.

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US Mint reveals 2019 coin honoring American Indians in space program

The United States Mint has revealed the design for its 2019 coin celebrating the roles of Native Americans in space exploration.

The "American Indians in the Space Program" 2019 Native American $1 coin, to be released on Feb. 13, highlights individuals and achievements spanning the decades between NASA's Gemini program and the International Space Station.

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A very attractive design.

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Much better design, will definitely be adding to collection.

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The U.S. Mint will release the 2019 Native American $1 coin on Feb. 13.
The 2019 Native American $1 Coin reverse highlights the contributions of Native Americans to the U.S. Space Program.

Coins have a circulating finish but have never been placed into circulation.

The coins will be available in 25-coin rolls for $32.95, 100-coin bags for $111.95 and 250-coin boxes for $275.95.

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New US dollar coin honors role of Native Americans in space program

John Herrington is looking forward to his new pocket change.

A former NASA astronaut who was the first enrolled member of a Native American tribe to fly into space, Herrington is among the individuals celebrated by the U.S. Mint's 2019 Native American $1 coin. Set for release at noon EST (1700 GMT) on Wednesday (Feb. 13), the coin highlights the contributions of American Indians to the U.S. space program.

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U.S. Mint release
Native American $1 Coin & Currency Set 2019

This product will be available for sale ($15.95) on July 24, 2019, at 12 noon (ET).

  • Elegant tri-fold presentation folder holds a special enhanced uncirculated 2019 Native American $1 Coin—available only in this set!

  • $1 Series 2017 note features a serial number beginning with "1959" to correspond to the launch year of the Agena spacecraft shown on the coin

  • 2019 Native American $1 Coin reverse design highlights the contributions of Native Americans to the U.S. Space Program

  • The perfect memento to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first manned Moon landing in 1969

The 2019 Native American $1 Coin reverse (tails side) design highlights the contributions of Native Americans to the U.S. Space Program. American Indians have been on the modern frontier of space flight since its infancy. American Indian contributions to the U.S. Space Program culminated in the three spacewalks of John Herrington (Chickasaw) on the International Space Station in 2002. These and other pioneering achievements date back to the work of Mary Golda Ross (Cherokee), one of the first female American Indian engineers. She helped develop the Agena spacecraft for the Gemini and Apollo Programs.

The reverse design features Mary Golda Ross writing calculations. The formula is an example Ms. Ross could have used to calculate interplanetary space travel, determine the departure plane orbit, and transfer orbit energy. Behind her, an Atlas-Agena rocket launches into space, with an equation inscribed in its cloud. An astronaut, symbolic of Native American astronauts — including Herrington — spacewalks above. In the field behind, a group of stars indicates outer space.

Reverse inscriptions are "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" and "$1." The 2019 Native American $1 Coin has a special enhanced uncirculated finish and was minted at the Philadelphia Mint.

The $1 Series 2017 note is from one of the 12 Federal Reserve Bank locations across the U.S. and features a serial number beginning with "1959" to correspond to the launch year of the Agena spacecraft depicted on reverse of the coin.

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A very nice set.

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NGC release
First Native American in Space Will Autograph NGC Labels

John Herrington was a Mission Specialist on a 13-day Space Shuttle mission, becoming the first enrolled member of a Native American tribe to fly in space.

The only enrolled member of a Native American tribe to fly in space is joining a prestigious group of people who autograph certification labels exclusively for Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC).

John Herrington, who was born in Wetumka, Oklahoma, is a registered member of the Chickasaw Nation. He was a Mission Specialist aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour's mission that launched November 23, 2002, on a flight to the International Space Station. During the 13-day mission, Herrington performed three spacewalks totaling nearly 20 hours.

Herrington's spacewalks are commemorated on the reverse of the 2019 Native American Dollar, which features him in a spacesuit along with Mary Golda Ross, a Native American engineer who contributed to the successes of the US space race in the 1960s. The depictions of Herrington and Ross represent the contributions of all Native Americans to the American space program.

The obverse of the 2019 Native American Dollar features Sacajawea, the Shoshone woman who was a guide for the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition in the early 1800s.

NGC's industry-leading Authentic Hand-Signed Labels program has many connections to the Native American Dollar, which has been struck since 2000. Besides Herrington, NGC has an exclusive autograph agreement with Randy'L Teton, the model for Sacajawea. Famous New Mexico sculptor Glenna Goodacre, who designed the coin's obverse, has also individually hand-signed NGC labels.

Herrington was an aviator, flight instructor and test pilot in the US Navy before joining NASA in 1996. He grew up in Colorado and Texas and has a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics and a master's in aeronautical engineering. He retired from NASA and the Navy in July 2005.

Herrington has thousands of flight hours in more than 30 types of aircraft. But he says none of those experiences compare to the 330 hours that he spent in space as part of the 16th Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station. To honor his Chickasaw Nation heritage, Herrington carried its flag with him on the mission.

In 2002, the year of his Space Shuttle mission, Herrington was inducted into the Chickasaw Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame in 2017 and the following year he was among the first people inducted into the National Native American Hall of Fame.

Herrington said that he was humbled to represent Native Americans on a US coin and to participate in the NGC Signature Labels program.

"I hope that signing NGC labels for these special coins will help to make people more aware of Native American contributions to all parts of our national life, including space exploration," Herrington said. "It is an honor to have an opportunity to represent my heritage and this country."

NGC Chairman and Grading Finalizer Mark Salzberg said the company is excited to collaborate with Herrington.

"Herrington is a distinguished military man, astronaut and Native American," Salzberg said. "His accomplishments represent the contributions of so many other Native Americans, and we are very happy to have him join our NGC Authentic Hand-Signed Labels program."

NGC Authentic Hand-Signed Labels pair an influential person's autograph with a coin to create a one-of-a-kind collectible. The diverse roster of people who have signed NGC labels includes Elizabeth Jones, the 11th US Mint Chief Engraver, and former US Mint Director Edmund C.Moy.

NGC John Herrington Authentic Hand-Signed Labels will be available soon from select retailers.

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The U.S. Mint will cease offering 2019 Native American $1 coin rolls, bags and boxes at the end of this year (2020).

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