2016 Native American Dollar Rolls, Bags, and Boxes

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Today, January 27, the U.S. Mint will begin selling rolls, bags, and boxes of the 2016 Native American $1 coin at noon ET. Circulating versions of the coin will be available in varying quantities through the following product options: 25-coin rolls will be offered for $32.95 each, 100-coin bags will be available for $111.95, and 250-coin boxes will cost $275.95. For each option, customers can choose coins minted at either the Philadelphia Mint or the Denver Mint.

This year’s issue is the eighth in the annual Native American $1 coin series and features a design celebrating the contributions of Code Talkers to United States war efforts during World Wars I & II.

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The obverse, designed by Glenda Goodacre, is common to coins in this series and first appeared on the Sacagawea dollar in 2000. It features a rendering of Sacagawea with sleeping child, with the inscriptions LIBERTY and IN GOD WE TRUST located in the field.

The 2016 reverse includes soldiers’ helmets from both World Wars placed over feathers positioned to form a “V” for victory. Inscribed in the field is UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, $1, WWI, WWII, and CODE TALKERS. This side of the coin was designed by Thomas D. Rogers, Sr. The date, mint mark, and E PLURIBUS UNUM are incused along the edge of the coin.

“Code Talkers” were Native Americans who used tribal languages to transmit secret communications for the U.S. military from 1917 to 1945. Navajo Code Talkers received a Congressional Gold Medal in 2001, and the Code Talkers Recognition Act of 2008 established a plan to recognize 33 other tribes who served in this capacity as well.

Last year, the Mint made 2.24 million Native American dollars in Denver and 2.8 million in Philadephia.

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The U.S. Mint has also sent out a press release noting that the 2016 Mark Twain Commemorative Silver Proof and Uncirculated Coins will go sale this coming Monday, February 1, at noon ET.

The introductory pricing period for these issues will run from February 1 through March 2, during which time the Proof silver dollar will be available for $45.95 and the Uncirculated version will cost $44.95. After that, the Proof issue will cost $50.95 and the Uncirculated coin will be priced at $49.95. The coins will be composed of 90% silver and 10% copper, with a weight of 26.73 grams, a diameter of 1.5 inches, and a mintage limited to 350,000 pieces across both options. More information on the obverse and reverse designs can be found here.

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  1. data dave says

    Is this the last year for the NA designs? I think the presidential dollar legislation authorized these and it ends this year.

  2. Dave SW FL says

    They either need to eliminate the paper dollar or the metal dollar – both are not necessary!

  3. says

    Dave, just a side note, coincidental I’m sure, though the ’18 NA Jim Thorpe with Football in hand is also the same year that the NFL HoF is under Congressional review for authorization.., just a coincidence I’m sure.. 😉

    Gold coins, Silver coins, Circus Coins…

  4. David says

    I would like to see the date and mint marks return to the obverse after the NA dollar series ends. Even if that happened before it ended would be better. What would be a good subject for a new dollar design? The same obverse and a new reverse or something entirely new? I wish these had reeded edges.

  5. Government Drone says

    No—reeded edges were one of the problems with the SBA dollars getting confused for quarters. While the newer coins would be in brass, blind people (or those who don’t look at their change when handing it out) would still get mixed up.
    That being said, I’d still like to see the date & M/M return to the obverse. Have you seen how some of the current run of dollars end up after only a little circulation? I don’t know why it is, but coins that would otherwise look AU barely have any legible lettering on their edges. I suppose it’s because they’re mostly used in vending machines, & get knocked around their edges a whole lot.

  6. So Krates says

    Put the motto on the edge. Wasn’t that the original design before the pols got involved?

  7. data dave says

    We keep making fun of poor Lou Hoover but is the Lady Bird Unc going to be the low of the entire series? Only 1500 so far and only 8 sold this past week. It would take 37 weeks of sales of that level just to catch up with the Lou Unc. The proof Lady Birds seem to be doing fine with 2300 already equal to the Lou proofs.

  8. cagcrisp says

    Hoover uncirculated has 76 weekly sales numbers. Total 1,795. Average 23.62/week for 76 weeks. Average 7.09/week for the past 52 weeks.

    Johnson uncirculated has 22 weekly sales numbers. Total 1,499. Average 68.14/week for 22 weeks. Average 18.75/week for the past 20 weeks…

  9. cagcrisp says

    ONE of the reason I have derided the Proof Lou Hoover is that for the past 13 weeks it has Sold a Total of 21 coins.

    240 million people in the US and it averages Sales of 2 coins/week. Before the last batch of coins were pulled, there were some that Sold more than 21 coins and they weren’t even on the website for Anyone to Buy.

    That’s Sad. Dead Man Walking sold more than Live Lou…

  10. Blair J. Tobler says

    I’ve noticed some people are confused about whether or not the NA series is ending. I looked at the legislation, and I think the confusion comes from the stipulation about the designs. It called for events to be commemorated in chronological order for the duration of the Presidential dollar series, but after that ends they can do the NA dollars in whatever order they want. The NA series itself is open-ended.

  11. data dave says

    @cacrisp – So can you explain why the Lady Bird proof sales have caught the Lou proof sales but the UNC sales lag by 296? Your average sales per week data is slightly deceptive in that most of the sales happen in the first 4 to 8 weeks and then after that they fall off rapidly. It still looks like Lady Bird is going to be low on the list even 6 months from now. Or maybe the mint’s data is a little off – it has happened before. If you use the proof/unc ratio of the Truman and Eisenhower issues, the Johnson unc sales would be 1577. I just think the data looks a little funny. There seem to be about 2300 proof collections on going and about 1800 unc collections on going. At their current sales rates all the other coins will get there but the Lady Birds UNCs end up a little low.

  12. GoldFishin says

    I like my little 10 oz bar….number 7777. 😉 Really liked the $154 price tag. There were some RCM 10 oz bars at Provident as part of a year end sale for $154 with free shipping, but that was a one and done deal, just like the initial pricing was on these Ebay bars.

  13. Rick says

    Bough a few FS gold coins right before the price increase. Gold spot bottom in.

    Sold my Lou Hoover MS 70 for $975 last week.

  14. Old Big Bird says

    Interest, I guess, the Mint released their sales numbers as of 01/24/16 and the only items listed as 2016 sales are Birth Set, Happy Birthday Set, Mark Twain Gold Proof and Unc. But of course they still are not posting how many ATB clad proof sets they sold!!. I think they do not want to admit how bad their mistake was.

  15. Larry says

    I choose which commems I buy very carefully, I really need to like them. The silver Mark Twain is growing on me. At first I thought it was too busy, but everything on the coin brings back memories of reading his books. So I think I may be in on this one.
    Back to oil for a minute, I did a little calculation, and based on $1.50/gallon today, figuring inflation, a gallon in 1973 would cost $.26 . I remember it about $.60 in 1973, so really gas today is way cheaper than in 1973.

  16. Yes, But...You Can't Take It With You. says

    Another vote for returning MM / date to the obverse. It seems like the Powers That Be decided the pres dollars were too crowded and so invested in equipment to move stuff to the edge. Having done that, why not use that same equipment “because we can” on the NA dollars? I really dislike the edge inscriptions on both dollars, although I’m ok with it on the 5 oz. It’s actually legible and accessible on those.

  17. gary says

    For nearly all of the 320 million residents in the United States, there will be very very few who will ever even notice when the Presidential dollar series ends and if the Sacajawea/Native American series should end. Same goes for the (merciful) end of the First Spouse gold coin series and also if the Kennedy half dollar were to be no longer coined.

  18. Teach says

    I think just about everyone wants the MM and date returned to the obverse. It makes no sense to put anything on the rim of a coin that small. I’m all for reeded edges while we are at it. Chances are none of this will be changed during the duration of this series, but I think they would definitively sell more with these changes implemented. Why do they make things so difficult? Why don’t they just put all designs up for a vote to the general collecting public and let them choose what they like and want to buy? How hard would it be to allow every on line customer a vote from their personal account on the Mint website? Seems simple to me, but the Mint doesn’t do simple.

    On a side note, I like the design on the reverse. Not too complicated, easy to view on a small coin.

  19. tP says

    @Larry… gas in 1973 was actually about 38 cents a gallon… unless there were gas wars going on… The cheapest I ever bought gas for in my area was 29 cents a gallon… and that was during a gas war..

    Also – I have yet to see $1.50 gas in my area… $1.75 yes… no $1.50 here…

  20. Larry says

    @ tP – In Indiana, I paid $1.49 a couple weeks ago, now it is about $1.60. I vividly remember in 1973 gas going from $.30 to $.60 overnight during the Arab embargo. So I used $.60.

  21. Goat says

    @gary
    I will notice the end of FS gold coin series . The amount of cash money I will have and no place spend it ” Might be a sad day” . The mint will have to work hard to convince me to follow another series . I think 24k got a lot of people interested but the amount of BS that all of us had to go thru is ????? , very few reasons of how they can sell over 30,000 (combine proof and uncirculated) in 2007 down to under 5,000 (combine proof and uncirculated) in the last few years .
    Let’s keep the N/A dollars and yes the date and MM should be on obverse .
    Thanks cagcrisp you save me a lot of money today I owe you one.

  22. John Q. Coinage says

    Funny about gas, in L.A. the price is just under $3…..what a deal, we get ripped off for gas, food, electricity here like no body’s biz- the LADWP overcharges & blantely ripps us off but the Mayor & payrate ‘advocate’ go along, the rise in rates is always “reasonable.” By the way the LADWP hands over a “surplus’ of about $250,000.,000.00 every year to the city, but WE own it (the LADWP, the PEOPLE not the clown\s on the City Counsel!) what a rip off.

  23. says

    Zaz, SilverFan – sorry, can’t recall who posted, though really enjoyed reading about your natural toning you’ve seen and wrote about a couple of weeks ago. I just opened up my ’04-06 Westward Jouney sets and saw awesome toning on those coins that have never been removed from the capsules.

  24. says

    Tinto – the same for your gold dust wedge that’s been worn smooth, I’ve been wanting to ask where you came across that? I recently took one those corroded BHoF Silver Dollars and stuck it in my pocket to wear it down & most likely I’ll have a dozen to give off to young baseball fan. Though I’ll have to admit, those puppies are sharp like a Ginsu knife on the edges, they’ll cut thru anything until worn down!

  25. Jerry Diekmann says

    KCSO – maybe two more code talker medals, but how many more Sacagawea dollars honoring the accomplishments of native Americans? I thought 2016 was the end of both the Presidential and Sacagawea dollars. Probably just as well, as these “golden” dollars don’t circulate and never will as long as the BEP keeps printing $1.00 bills. But that has been mentioned a thousand times before but nobody hears in DC.

  26. Jerry Diekmann says

    cagcrisp – why would anyone want to be reminded of Lou Hoover and the Great Depression that came about during her husband Herbert’s presidency, and which he and his abominable Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon, made only worse. Consider Mellon’s quotes: “Give tax breaks to large corporations, so that money can trickle down to the general public, in the form of extra jobs” and “Liquidate labor, liquidate stocks, liquidate farmers, liquidate real estate. It will purge the rottenness out of the system.” Hoover (and his spouse) are a distant and bad memory for most Americans. Why spend good money for a bad memory?

  27. Leo S. says

    FS Collectors

    The only way this series is going to appreciate above spot is if the Women of this country who are in the 1% want to have a complete collection of FS and start fighting over the few complete collections out there. The series has cost me a small fortune and I will praise the Lord when it is complete with Nancy.

    Oh well, maybe gold will go up to $2500/ounce at the end of 2016 and I can break even.

  28. Jerry Diekmann says

    All of you from the other states – come to California where everything costs more and the state is definitely not “golden”” anymore. People still go to Chevron and Shell and spend $3.00 a gallon for gas. We also excel in high income taxes, high property taxes, high real estate costs, and high sales taxes.

  29. Jeff says

    Jerry, but you have silicon valley their doing alright along with wall street. You must live on main street . Hehe

  30. Erik H says

    J.D., I was born & raised in CA. I left about 20 years ago and a hope I never have to live there again. I really don’t know why my family stays but they’re slowly figuring it out.

  31. Zaz says

    All those extra taxes and other incidental costs of living in California means two things: never having snowzilla in your driveway with your car hidden under a snowdrift, and a free large sized earthquake every 50 years to shake things up and separate the true natives from the wanna-Bs.

  32. Old Big Bird says

    @cagcrisp- thanks for the input that 12,000 ATB clad proofs were sold.

    I just wonder why the Mint does not post that amount or answer emails.

  33. Ralph says

    Received the 5 10 oz ebay silver bars this morning. Seems numbers getting lower. I got 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054 & 2056.
    Really like these bars. Into the safe they go!
    🙂

  34. Louis says

    CC- I would prefer limited too and fewer than 40K, but I think the Mint will do it like they did the 2009 UHR. Remember mintage is not everything and if the demand is there, even coins like the UHR or the Buffalo silver dollar command a solid premium.

  35. Louis says

    also, the referenced article mentions 40K for the JFK gold, not the gold trio. no one outside the Mint has any idea at this point, and the Mint itself may not have decided.

  36. Ikaika says

    @ Louis

    Thanks for article! So we do not know at this point if there will be a 3-coin set, correct?

  37. Louis says

    CC- You are welcome to leave a comment on the article explaining what mintage you think would be best. the Mint does read this stuff.

  38. Louis says

    Ikaika- right. They list them one at a time on the schedule, which may or may not mean they are releasing that way. Best would be as a set and separately since some people either can’t afford all or only want certain ones.

  39. Billy the kid says

    Hey first spouse gold collectors, don’t give up the ship.
    When Hillary gets elected all these lovely ladies will finally have their day and become fashionable.

    The coins did have a great TV series produced about them.
    These girls will all be smiling in about a year time.

    The kid.

  40. A different Jeff says

    So, for those who don’t understand why we live in California:
    1) No hurricanes
    2) No tornadoes
    3) No ice storms
    4) No crippling snow storms – unless you live in the Sierras
    5) No hot, humid summers
    6) No cold winters
    7) Hills are green in winter

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