2021 Silver Native American Chief Series: Sitting Bull from Oglala Lakota Sioux Nation 1oz Antiqued Coin MS70 Ultra High Relief (UHR) NGC Native American Label with Certificate of Authenticity (COA) and Empty Original Government Packaging (OGP)

Sitting Bull (c. 1831-1890) was a Teton Dakota Native American chief who united the Sioux tribes of the American Great Plains against the white settlers taking their tribal land. The 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty granted the sacred Black Hills of South Dakota to the Sioux, but when gold was discovered there in 1874, the U.S. government ignored the treaty and began to remove native tribes from their land by force. The ensuing Great Sioux Wars culminated in the 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn, when Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse led united tribes to victory against General George Armstrong Custer. Sitting Bull was shot and killed by Indian police officers on Standing Rock Indian Reservation in 1890, but is remembered for his courage in defending native lands.

MS70 Sitting Bull Antiqued Ultra High Relief 1oz Silver Coin

The obverse shows Sitting Bull in full headdress with inscriptions on the edges of the coin that say "OGLALA LAKOTA SIOUX NATION", "ONE TROY OUNCE", "2021", "ONE DOLLAR", and ".999 SILVER". The coin’s reverse is equally vivid, showing a design of a full-grown American Bison that’s reminiscent of the famous Buffalo Nickel struck from 1913 to 1938. The designs are literally bursting with detail so intricate that you can see very line on Sitting Bull’s face and every strand of shaggy hair on the wooly buffalo.