1 Dollar – Elizabeth Peratrovich and Alaska’s Anti-Discrimination Law (2020)

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Description obverse

Portrait of “Sacagawea” as designed by sculptor Glenna Goodacre. The familiar image has been around since the Sacagawea golden dollar debuted in 2000. Inscriptions around Sacagawea read “LIBERTY” and “IN GOD WE TRUST.”

Description reverse

Design features a portrait of Elizabeth Peratrovich, whose advocacy was considered a deciding factor in the passage of the 1945 Anti-Discrimination Law by the Alaskan territorial government. The foreground features a symbol of the Tlingit Raven moiety, of which she was a member. Inscriptions are “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” “ELIZABETH PERATROVICH,” "$1," and “ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW OF 1945.”




Reference

United States. 1 Dollar (Base Metal) 2020, Denver. CoCo US-2020-0001.