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Set Includes Pouch Handmade by Native Americans

■ Can you explain the 2004 Coin and Pouch sets?

The 2004 Lewis and Clark silver dollars in these Coin and Pouch sets are accompanied by a hand-made beaded leather pouch made by Native Americans using identical materials to what would have been used to make such pouches in 1804. The Natives who made these pouches are descendants of tribes who lived along the route taken by Lewis and Clark 200 years earlier. Each pouch is unique due to having been handmade.

■ How do I know the Coin and Pouch set pouches were made by descendants of tribes who lived

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