Cherokee Language Creator To Be Honored On $1 Coin

WASHINGTON - The United States Mint released the design that will appear on the reverse (tails) of the Native American $1 Coin next year.

The coin will honor Sequoyah of the Cherokee Nation, creator of the Cherokee language, the U.S. Mint said in a news release.

The 2017 reverse features a profiled likeness of Sequoyah writing “Sequoyah from Cherokee Nation” in syllabary along the border of the design.

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