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½ Dollar
| Issuer | Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel (Native American tribes) |
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| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Five female figures in traditional Native American dress are depicted in high relief, engaged in the craft of basket weaving. The central figure kneels, working on a large coiled basket, while the surrounding figures hold or examine finished woven pieces. The scene is framed by an intricately engraved border of interlaced vine or branch motifs. The legend CRAFTS arches across the upper field within the border, and the denomination legend HALF DOLLAR curves along the lower rim. The Iipay-language inscription AACHMVYAAWP appears between the figural scene and the lower denomination legend. |
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The Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, a federally recognized tribe in San Diego County, issued this piece under the same legal authority that has allowed dozens of tribal nations to produce coins since the Native American Bank Note and Coin Act interpretations of the 1990s and 2000s — a largely unexamined area of monetary law that hinges on tribal sovereignty rather than federal mint authorization. Most of these issues saw negligible circulation and were produced primarily for the collector market by private mints under contract.