Complete Guide to Sacagawea Dollar Coins
In May 2000, while looking through a roll of Sacagawea Dollars, collector Frank Wallis of Mountain Home, Arkansas made an astonishing discovery. He found a coin with the reverse of a Sacagawea Dollar and the obverse of a Statehood Quarter. This type of mint mistake, known as a “mule error,” combines obverse and reverse designs […]
In 1999, the United States Mint struck Sacagawea Dollars in 22 karat gold. These coins carried the 2000 date and “W” mint mark, although they were actually produced in Philadelphia. Each was struck in proof format on the same 27 mm planchets used for one-half ounce American Gold Eagles. Of the 39 pieces produced, the […]
The original Sacagawea Dollar obverse design continued to be paired with an annually rotating reverse design for the Native American $1 Coin Program. The latest reverse design honored the contributions of Native American Code Talkers of World War I and World War II. The 2016 Sacagawea (Native American) Dollar (Buy on eBay) reverse design by […]
The series of golden colored $1 coins honoring the contributions and accomplishments of Native Americans entered its seventh year with the 2015 Sacagawea (Native American) Dollar (Buy on eBay). The latest annually rotating reverse design featured the Mohawk Ironworkers, the builders of New York City and other skylines. The obverse featured the depiction of Sacagawea […]
On November 20, 2014, the United States Mint offered a product known as the American $1 Coin and Currency Set. Although it was not initially noted within the mint’s press release or product description, the set contained a 2014 Native American Dollar or Sacagawea Dollar with a special enhanced uncirculated finish (Buy on eBay). The […]