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United States

1 Dollar "Sacagawea Dollar" · “Sacagawea Dollar

United States · 2000–2008 · Manganese

The coin

The story

The Sacagawea Dollar: America's Golden Dollar

In 2000 the U.S. Mint tried again. The last dollar coin had been a flop — people kept mistaking it for a quarter. So this one would be golden, smooth-edged, and carry a young Shoshone woman with a baby on her back. The public still left it in the drawer. Collectors never have.

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