Surprising People Who Have Appeared On US Currency

Unknown Native American Male

There is another instance of Native Americans appearing on US currency, and that is on the Oregon Trail Memorial Half Dollar. This fifty cent piece depicts one side with a wagon being pulled along the trail, and, on the other side is an image of a Native American man in a feathered headdress.

The coin was designed by James and Laura Fraser and was created to honor those who lost their lives on the trail. The depiction of the Native American, stood with a hand up against a borderless map of the US, could be seen as a suggestion of peace and acceptance.