The Sacagawea dollar is a United States dollar coin introduced in 2000, but subsequently minted only for niche circulation from 2002 onward. The coin generally failed to meet consumer and business dem
U.S. Senator Rod Grams (R-MN), who introduced legislation in the Senate for a new dollar coin
Delaware Representative Michael Castle, who preferred the more popular Statue of Liberty design to the Sacagawea for the dollar coin
2009 reverse by Norman Nemeth honors the spread of Three Sisters Agriculture
2018 reverse by Michael Gaudioso featuring Jim Thorpe
Sacagawea was a Lemhi Shoshone or Hidatsa woman who, in her teens, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory. Sacagawea
Sacagawea dollar
…coins have a copper core clad by manganese brass, giving them a distinctive golden color. The coin features an obverse designed by Glenna Goodacre of Sacagawea, the Shoshone guide of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, carrying her child. From 2000 to 2008, the reverse featured an eagle design by Thomas D. Rogers…
Sacagawea (right) with Lewis and Clark at the Three Forks, mural at Montana House of Representatives
Lewis and Clark Expedition (1918) by Charles Marion Russell. Lewis and Clark reach the Shoshone camp led by Sacagawea.
Lewis and Clark on the Lower Columbia by Charles Marion Russell. A painting of the Expedition depicting Sacagawea with arms outstretched
Sakakawea obelisk at the believed site of her death, Mobridge, South Dakota, 2003