Dollar Coins: Sacagawea (2000 - Now) Auctions
The Sacagawea dollar is one of the most current United States dollar coins and was first minted in 2000. It features the Shoshone woman Sacagawea, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, carrying her son Jean Baptiste Charbonneau. Artist Glenna Goodacre used a 22-year-old Shoshone woman named Randy'L He-dow Teton as the model for the young Sacagawea. The reverse side was designed by Thomas D. Rogers.
Originally, since there was no known portrait of Sacagawea, the
committee that chose Sacagawea for the coin specified the figure as Liberty depicted as a Native American woman inspired by Sacagawea.
This also helped sell the coin to committee members that preferred the
traditional Liberty of older U.S. coins, especially since the Indian Head cent
had also depicted Liberty as a Native American.
