Free & Independent Lakota Blockchain Mint Silver Round

MintBlockchain Mint (McKinney, TX)

IssuerBlockchain Mint (McKinney, TX)

DistributorBlockchain Mint (McKinney, TX)

CollectionAmerican Open Currency Standard - AOCS

2020 Free & Independent Lakota Blockchain Mint Silver Round Reverse — Reverse 🔍 click to enlarge

Designer / Engraver Kenneth Ferguson

Year 2020 Diameter 38.85 mm Thickness 2.75 mm Mintage Unknown Edge Reeded

Attribution Notes

Undated round attributed to Blockchain Mint (McKinney, TX), distributed via Rob Gray's Singapore-based Rearden Metals Pte Ltd. Design traces to the November 24, 2008 Free Lakota Bank/AOCS Crazy Horse currency launch. Distinct from the dated 2008–2013 Free Lakota Bank issues and from a separate, unrelated 2009 Osborne Mint-attributed Lakota Crazy Horse round. Attribution based on dealer Manufacturer/Refinery fields and an archived Blockchain Mint catalog listing dated August 9, 2020. No struck mark identifies the manufacturer; year is attributed, not certain.

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Silver content 1.000 ozt .999 Weight 1 oz Today's silver value $64.57 (spot $64.63/ozt)

Supply

Regularly Available

Longest gap: 290 days

Demand

Nationally Collectible

Prices up ~20% over the recorded period ($34.93 → $41.93). Wide price variation — expect real differences between listings.

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A prolific, actively-traded design with strong recent market activity — readily found through standard online marketplace searches.

$49.99 to $99.00

Last 5 sold

$99.00

Highest ever

Date	Price	Notes
Jun 8, 2026	71.00	Most Recent
Jan 21, 2026	99.00	Highest Ever
Jan 14, 2026	95.00
Dec 6, 2025	49.99
Oct 17, 2025	59.00
Sep 14, 2025	38.50
Apr 20, 2025	50.95
Jan 7, 2025	49.95
Oct 14, 2024	36.00
Sep 6, 2024	32.00
Apr 24, 2024	42.00
Mar 28, 2024	24.50
Nov 19, 2023	27.51
Nov 11, 2023	25.51
Nov 3, 2023	26.00
Oct 27, 2023	26.00
Oct 20, 2023	28.95
Oct 13, 2023	24.50
Jul 26, 2023	27.00
May 26, 2023	34.99
Feb 13, 2023	35.89
Jan 9, 2023	40.00
Nov 27, 2022	34.00
Oct 6, 2022	34.95
Jul 8, 2022	34.95
Jul 5, 2022	34.99
Jun 11, 2022	31.00
Mar 5, 2022	31.77
Feb 20, 2022	34.99
Feb 14, 2022	31.00
Dec 24, 2021	29.95
Nov 2, 2021	33.00
Nov 2, 2021	31.00
Oct 31, 2021	34.01
Oct 31, 2021	33.89
Oct 30, 2021	41.04
Oct 30, 2021	36.37
Oct 29, 2021	34.09
Oct 29, 2021	37.00
Oct 29, 2021	33.16
Oct 28, 2021	33.76
Oct 28, 2021	33.50
Oct 28, 2021	33.76
Oct 27, 2021	33.09
Oct 14, 2021	32.50
Jun 18, 2021	39.93
Jun 17, 2021	47.95
May 25, 2021	47.95
Jan 1, 2021	34.00
Mar 17, 2020	29.50

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2020 Free & Independent Lakota Blockchain Mint Silver Round Overview

The Free & Independent Lakota is a 1 oz .999 silver round attributed to Blockchain Mint. The obverse depicts a front-facing bust of Crazy Horse, tribal dress and earrings rendered in detail, a radiating sunburst device behind his head, and “LAKOTA” arched above. The reverse features a left-facing American bison standing on a small mound of earth, with “FREE & INDEPENDENT LAKOTA” arched above, the denomination “50” at left, and “AOCS APPROVED” and “1 TROY OUNCE .999 FINE SILVER” below. The round is undated and carries a matte finish, consistently reported across dealers.

The design traces to the Lakota Nation’s sovereignty movement — a Lakota Freedom Delegation withdrew from the Treaty of Fort Laramie of 1868 and declared sovereign nation status in Washington, DC on December 19, 2007. American Open Currency Standard founder Robert J. “Bobby” Gray states, in his own published company history, that he helped launch a Lakota currency program the following year, on November 24, 2008 — though this date is self-reported and has not been independently verified; it does not correspond to any documented treaty-withdrawal event, which occurred in December 2007, not 2008. That program ran under Free Lakota Bank, issuing dated Crazy Horse rounds from 2008 through 2013. This round’s simplified, undated legend distinguishes it from those earlier issues.

2020 Free & Independent Lakota Blockchain Mint Silver Round Attribution

No struck date appears on this round. The reverse legend is a simplified version of the format used on the earlier dated Free Lakota Bank issues, which carried the fuller inscription “Currency of the Free and Independent Nation / www.freelakotabank.com / Fifty / One Ounce .999 Fine Silver / AOCS Approved [year] RJG.” This round drops the date, web address, and initials entirely.

This round is identified as a Blockchain Mint product by name in structured dealer fields at Provident Metals (“Manufacturer: Blockchain Mint”), JM Bullion (“Manufacturer: Blockchain Mint”), and Indigo Precious Metals (“Refinery: Blockchain Mint”) — all citing the same Product ID (2966789). This attribution is corroborated by an archived capture of Blockchain Mint’s own direct-sale catalog, dated August 9, 2020, listing “Lakota 1oz Silver Bullion” for sale in wholesale quantities.

No struck mark on the coin itself identifies Blockchain Mint or any manufacturer; this attribution rests entirely on dealer and archived-catalog documentation. A precise release year is not established — the August 2020 catalog appearance is the earliest confirmed evidence of this round, and it is attributed to 2020, or earlier, pending discovery of contemporary documentation establishing an exact date.

2020 Free & Independent Lakota Blockchain Mint Silver Round Notes

Distinct from earlier dated Free Lakota Bank issues (2008–2013), which carried “RJG” initials and a fuller reverse legend.
Manufacturer attribution traces to Blockchain Mint, whose own manufacturing is attributed to its Singapore-based parent, Rearden Metals Pte Ltd — see the Blockchain Mint mint page for full ownership and business history.