United States Mint to Launch the 2011 Native American $1 Coin in Plymouth, Mass.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The public is invited to join the United States Mint in Plymouth, Massachusetts on January 12, 2011, for the ceremonial launch of the 2011 Native American $1 Coin.  The ceremony will take place at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET), in the Plimoth Plantation Henry Hornblower II Visitor Center.  Following the ceremony, the public may exchange their cash for rolls of the new 2011 Native American $1 Coin.  

WHAT: Presentation of the 2011 Native American $1 Coin and Coin Exchange

WHO: Andy Brunhart, United States Mint Deputy Director

Wampanoag Tribal Leaders

WHEN: Wednesday, January 12, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. (ET)

WHERE: Plimoth Plantation

Henry Hornblower II Visitor Center

137 Warren Avenue

Plymouth, MA 02360

The Native American $1 Coin is authorized by Public Law 110-82—the Native American $1 Coin Act of 2008 (ACT).  The Act requires the United States Mint to mint and issue $1 coins with designs celebrating the important contributions of Indian tribes and individual Native Americans to the history and development of the United States.  The 2011 Native American $1 Coin is the third coin issued in the program, which launched in 2009.

Digital images of the 2011 Native American $1 Coin are available at: http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/?action=Photo#NativeAmericanCoin2011.  

Information about the Native American $1 Coin Program is available at:

http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/nativeamerican/.  

Information about the United States Mint is available at: http://www.usmint.gov.

Information about Plimoth Plantation is available at:  http://plimoth.org/.

SOURCE United States Mint

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