American Buffalo Commemorative Coin

On September 28, 1999 thousands of Americans, with many American Indians, came from all over the Nation to Washington, DC, to witness the ground breaking ceremony for the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, which schedule to open in the year 2004.

Soon a New Landmark

Veiled by fences that surround the only enduring chief shop position on the great National Mall, facing the Capitol and adjacent to the Air & Space Museum, determined bulldozers nature the land to groom it for one last magnificent milestone-The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI).

Ten being in planning and development, this 260,000-plaza-base structure will be the crown jewel in a Museum that already includes an excellent eternal exhibition ability in New York City and an imperial-of-the-art collections examine and analysis focus in Suitland, Maryland. In 2004, when this state architectural treasure opens its doors, it will at last be able to allocate with millions of visitors a collection of 800,000 Native things across 10,000 days, unquestionably the supreme such collection ever assembled.

Perhaps most significantly, this closing Mall shop-set as it is in the very affection of the land's capitol-represents a nearly cultural integrity. It signals a profound and long-overdue reconciliation between those whose ancestors came to these coast and those who were already here. Since Indian people have predominantly intended this new Museum, it will enable the world to explore the beyond, give, and upcoming through the eyes of Native people.

About the Coins

This coin is being issued by the Secretary of the Treasury in commemoration of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. The construct of this silver money is based on the original 5-cent Buffalo nickel as planned by James Earle Fraser and minted from 1913 through 1938.

A portion of the proceeds from the deal of each coin is authorized to verify the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian to commemorating the National Museum of the American Indian; and supplementing the gift and educational outreach burial of the Museum of the American Indian.

Coin Information Provided Courtesy The United States Mint.