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1 Dollar
| Issuer | Poarch Band of Creek Indians |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Reference(s) | X#7, KM#7 |
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| Reverse lettering | CHIEF MENAWA "THE GREAT WARRIOR" 2005 |
| Edge | Reeded |
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The Poarch Band of Creek Indians, federally recognized in 1984 as the only acknowledged tribal nation in Alabama, began issuing their own coinage under the authority granted to sovereign tribal entities following a series of legal precedents in the 1980s and 1990s that clarified tribes' rights to mint non-circulating legal tender. These issues occupy an unusual category — catalogued in Krause's X# series alongside other non-standard world coins, yet carrying genuine sovereign backing.
Collector demand for Poarch Band issues has remained limited outside dedicated exonumia specialists, keeping mintages and distribution figures poorly documented in mainstream numismatic literature.