Description
These 2025 Native American $1 Coins with circulating finishes have never been placed into circulation. They were minted at the Denver Mint. This is a full Mint wrapped roll!
Authorized by Public Law 110-82, the Native American $1 Coin Program was launched in 2009 in celebration of the important contributions made by Indian tribes and individual Native Americans to the history and development of the United States. The 2025 coin celebrates Hawaiian scholar, author, composer, hula expert, and educator Mary Kawena Pukui.
Designed by Artistic Infusion Program Designer Christina Hess and sculpted by Mint Medallic Artist Phebe Hemphill, the 2025 Native American $1 Coin reverse (tails) features Mary Kawena Pukui wearing a hibiscus flower, a kukui nut lei, and a muʻumuʻu adorned with an aloha print. Stylized depictions of water appear in the background. Inscriptions include her name, “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” and “$1.” The inscription “Nānā I Ke Kumu” translates literally to “Look to The Source.”
Nānā I Ke Kumu is the title of a series of books that Pukui helped to produce with the Queen Liliʻuokalani Children’s Center. The phrase itself is considered very evocative of Pukui’s life work and legacy, as she was someone who was continually consulted for her expertise on various aspects of Hawaiian knowledge. Hawaiian knowledge is symbolized through the leaves and nuts of Hawaii’s state tree, the kukui.





