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¼ Dollar
| Issuer | Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel (Native American tribes) |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Currency | Dollar |
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| Obverse description | A large, spreading oak tree (maxele) dominates the central field, its canopy rendered in fine detail with visible root structure at the base. Below the tree, traditional Kumeyaay ceramic vessels and a mortar and pestle are depicted in the lower field, flanking a decorative band suggestive of a river or landscape. Two small square ornamental devices appear at either side of the lower field. The curved legend 'IIPAY NATION OF SANTA YSABEL' arches around the upper periphery, with 'MAXELE · UNITED · STATES · OF · AMERICA' and 'UMAAW KWELLYIIW' forming inner concentric arcs, and the date '2012' positioned in the lower exergual area. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, a federally recognized tribe in San Diego County, issued this piece under the Native American Mint authority that emerged following legal clarification in the 1990s confirming tribes' rights to produce their own coinage as sovereign nations. Most tribal issues from this period were struck in limited quantities and saw negligible circulation, functioning largely as collectibles rather than transactional currency within reservation economies.
Santa Ysabel's issues from 2012 remain among the more obscure entries in Native American numismatics — documented but thinly traded.