LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION OF DISCOVERY COMMEMORATIVE PROOF $1000 PLATINUM COIN
ISSUED BY THE SOVEREIGN NATION OF THE SHAWNEE TRIBE FOR THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HISTORIC JOURNEY (1804-1806)
CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
OBV: WITHIN BEADED CIRCLE AN AMERICAN INDIAN CHIEF AND THOMAS JEFFERSON, AMERICAN FLAG AND EAGLE PERCHED ON SHIELD IN BETWEEN; DENOMINATION AT BOTTOM.
REV: RADIANT ARMS OF THE SHAWNEE NATION WHITHIN CIRCLE; DATE AT BOTTOM.
KM #14
LED BY MERIWEATHER LEWIS AND WILLIAM CLARK, THE TWO YEAR EXPEDITION OF DISCOVERY WAS THE FIRST BY THE UNITED STATES TO EXPLORE THE WEST ALL THE WAY TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. SACAGAWEA, A SHOSHONE WOMAN AND PURCHASED WIFE OF A QUEBEC TRAPPER, ACTED AS GUIDE AND INTERPRETER ON MUCH OF THE TREK. HER PRESENCE WAS CREDITED WITH THE PEACEFUL RECEPTION THE PARTY RECEIVED BY MANY OF THE TRIBES ALONG THE WAY, SINCE NO WAR PARTY TRAVELLED WITH A WOMAN.
CONTAINS 31.0 GRAMS OF .9999 PLATINUM
0.9965 OZ APTW
39 MM IN DIAMETER
"ONLY 300 MINTED"
