U.S. Mint coin reference
Golden-colored dollar coinage featuring Sacagawea and her son, Jean Baptiste.
History: The Sacagawea Golden Dollar debuted in 2000. Its golden color comes from manganese-brass cladding, not gold or silver. The original soaring-eagle reverse was used through 2008; the Native American $1 Coin Program began in 2009.
Obverse: Glenna Goodacre’s portrait of Sacagawea carrying her infant son, Jean Baptiste.
Reverse: Thomas D. Rogers Sr.’s soaring eagle design for the 2000–2008 issues.
The Sacagawea Golden Dollar was issued from 2000 through 2008 with a common soaring-eagle reverse. It is a small-size, golden-colored manganese-brass clad dollar and contains no silver.
Collectors distinguish the first-year 2000 issues from the 2001–2008 standard eagle-reverse era. Beginning in 2009, the same Sacagawea obverse continued with annually changing Native American reverse designs.
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