Sacagawea Gold Coins 2000

The golden dollar s obverse or heads has sacagawea portrayed in three quarter profile.

Sacagawea gold coins 2000. The united states mint produced 5 500 sacagawea dollars in august or september 1999. This page also shows coins listed for sale so you can buy and sell. 2000 p native american sacagawea dollar. However the mint used a prototype reverse to produce these dollars.

The infant is her son jean baptiste born during the trek. This prototype reverse varied slightly from the production coin die used to make the rest of the dollars in 2000. Although the dollars were minted in 1999 they were dated with a 2000 p obverse. Sacagawea gold dollar coins were minted first from 2000 until 2008 and again with different reverse designs starting in 2009.

The mint produced sacagawea and native american 1 coins at three different mints. Buy sell this coin. This page also shows coins listed for sale so you can buy and sell. Philadelphia p denver d and san francisco s.

2000 d native american sacagawea dollar. The obverse honors sacagawea the young shoshone guide and interpreter who helped lewis clark find a western route to the pacific ocean. There are a couple of special varieties that are collectible like the 2000 p cheerios coin. These are popular coins but well over a billion have been minted since 2000.

The sacagawea dollar also known as the golden dollar is a united states dollar coin first minted in 2000 although not minted for general circulation until 2002 to 2008 and again from 2012 onward due to its general unpopularity with the public and low business demand for the coin. Launched in 2000 the sacagawea golden dollar coin was the first circulating us coin to feature an actual native american a woman and an infant. Coin value prices price chart coin photos mintage figures coin melt value metal composition mint mark location statistics facts. Buy sell this coin.

The location of the mint mark on the sacagawea dollar 2000 to 2008 is on the obverse just below the date. These coins have a copper core clad by manganese brass giving them a distinctive golden color. In a departure from numismatic tradition she looks straight at the holder.