These coins have a copper core clad by manganese brass, giving them a distinctive golden color. Sacagawea was a sixteenyearold who made one of the most remarkable journeys in american history. When the public failed to embrace the coins, they were only struck in limited numbers for numismatic purposes. The sacagawea dollar is a united states dollar coin first minted in 2000, although not minted. Improve yourself, find your inspiration, share with friends. The sacagawea dollar coin was first released for circulation on january 27, 2000 with the purpose of honoring sacagawea, the shoshone woman who accompanied lewis and clark on their expedition to the pacific ocean on june 1998 the dollar coin design advisory committee, supported by members of the public, recommended creating a dollar coin with the image of sacagawea. She is best known for her role in assisting the lewis and clark expedition. The second half of the book brings together all the ikh shidid numismatic data in the. Sacagawea dollars 2000date price guide and values ngc. During the first two years of issue, the coins were produced in large numbers amidst optimistic expectations for widespread circulation. Study the descriptions and photos below to help you identify these valuable sacajawea dollar coins. Bill clinton granted her a posthumous decoration as an honorary sergeant in the regular army. The salmon eater or agaidika tribe was who she was born into.
Real and accurate information regarding the history of sacagawea is hard to find. The pcgs price guide is a comprehensive collection of numismatic coin values featuring current and historic coin prices, indexes, and graphs. States government engraved her image on the new one dollar coin. And other questions about the lewis and clark expedition. The sacagawea dollar was introduced in 2000 as the new circulating dollar coin of the united states of america. In about 1800, she was kidnapped by members of the hidatsa tribe and taken to their homeland in the knife river valley, near presentday stanton, north dakota.
Learn about the brave young shoshone sacajawea, as she guides lewis and clark across the dangerous wilderness of america to find a better trail to the west. However, this new series features annuallychanging reverse designs honoring native american contributions. What is truly factual about sacagawea comes from the journals of those in the traveling party. Also in 2009, the date of issue, mint mark, and motto e pluribus unum were moved to the edge of the coins. The indian woman to whom i ascribe equal fortitude and resolution, with any person onboard at the time of the accident, caught and preserved. These coins display the same composition and obverse motif as the sacagawea dollars. Half dollar and silver dollar holders plus coin world coin. Sacagawea was a lemhi shoshone woman who accompanied the lewis and clark expedition, acting as an interpreter and guide, in their exploration of the western united states. Browse the pdf files below to print and color your own coins. If you are interested in our 2020 coin coloring book, please contact. This is a coin album for collecting the new sacagawea goldcolored dollar which the us mint began issuing in 2000.
Treasury has permanently halted the minting of any additional sacagawea dollars for circulation. This dollar coin features the young shoshone native american woman sacagawea and her infant son, jean baptiste charbonneau. Sacagawea was a member of the agaideka lemhi shoshone, who lived in the upper salmon river basin in presentday idaho. While people used coins as currency for thousands of years. 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 from 2002 to 2008 and again from 2012 onward due to its general unpopularity with the public and low business demand for the coin.
Mint began its program to honor native american history and culture by issuing the sacagawea dollar gold coin with a different back, or reverse side. A guide book of usa coins free ebook download as pdf file. Written by abb, age 9 i rate it more like 67 stars it is a beautiful thing to think of i think that sacagawea was an amazing person and a person to rememberforever students love the i am books. Teaching the book at the age of 16, sacagawea, with her baby strapped to her back, traveled 4,000 miles with the lewis and.
Sep 7, 2016 this board is about my book, where did sacagawea join the corps of discovery. Knowing the sacagawea dollar key dates, rarities and varieties will teach you to recognize that small differences on a coin can mean significant differences in its value. Usa coin checklists created using our coinmanage software, this is a complete checklist of united states coins from 1793present. The childrens book tells about the entire expedition and asks questions about the expedition that are answered in subsequent chapters. Native american and sacagawea one dollar coin values. On the first page of this two page binder are cut out holes or ports with three holes per line, one line for each of 2000, 2001 and 2002. This coin was first minted in 2000 and depicts th woman sacagawea, a member of the lewis and clark expedition. Through much of history, coins derived most of their value from their metal content. Sacagawea has been memorialized with statues, monuments, stamps, and placenames. B the politics and history of the louisiana purchase c how sacagawea was taken from and eventually reunited with her tribe. In 2000 her likeness appeared on a goldtinted dollar coin struck by the u.
Sacagawea interpreted between lewis and the chief of the shoshones, she was shocked. May 1788 december 20, 1812 or april 9, 1884 was a lemhi shoshone woman who, at age 16, met and helped the lewis and clark expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the louisiana territory sacagawea traveled with the expedition thousands of miles from north dakota to the pacific ocean. Learn about the sacagawea native american dollar coins, which were produced as a series starting in 2009 and to be produced through 2016 as part of the sacagawea dollar series. The book who was sacagawea is an historical story, but im going to connect the main character with a world current or person. Find out more about the real sacagawea in this fun and exciting illustrated biography. Discover coins and medals that honor important people, places, and events in u. Reproductions of famous and historical coins have been distributed for.
Price history for significant coins sold at auction since 1941. About whitman publishing whitman publishing is the leading producer of numismatic reference books, supplies, and products to display and store coins and paper money. Mint site to learn more about the program and how they can collect the coins. Our highquality books educate readers in the rich, colorful history of american and world coinage, paper currency, tokens, and medals, and teach how to build great collections. I am sacagawea by brad meltzer goodreads share book.
This is a good one for history and has a lot of good facts about sacagawea. Sacagawea dollars coin collectors share littleknown. Sacagawea sacagawea noah remnick in 1804, president thomas jefferson sent meriwether lewis and william clark on a very. Personal of united states coins littleton coin company. Sacagawea native american dollar coins usa coin book. Sacagawea dollars were known as the golden dollar when they were first released in 2000. The sacagawea dollar, along with the presidential dollar series, is one of the two current united states dollar coins. View images, pictures, photos and other detailed information about the golden native american dollars program.
She is a woman who has mountains in three states named after her. Print out the entire check list or just the denominations you need. The image of sacagawea, the native american who helped lewis and clark. It is a biographical picture book of sacagawea a lemhi shoshone woman who was notable in helping lewis and clark in their expedition. Flowing hair half dollar 17941795 draped bust half dollar 17961807 capped bust half dollar 18071839. Ebook download book of saints gift set st joseph picture book series full pages support all format ebook download crimes against logic full pages support all format ebook download wee sing nursery rhymes and lullabies wee sing full pages support all format. Who was sacagawea available for download and read online in other formats. Learn about the childhood of sacagawea, one of the first female allstars in american history and honored in us currency on the dollar coin. Sacagawea had the presence of mind to gather crucial papers, books, navigational instruments, medicines and other provisions that might have otherwise disappearedall while simultaneously. The complete uncirculated collection of sacagawea dollars. At the age of twelve 1800 she was kidnapped by a group of hidatsa and the battle that provoked it caused the death of four women, four men and several boys from the shoshone tribe. Sacagawea was only sixteen when she made one of the most remarkable journeys in american history, traveling 4500 miles by foot, canoe, and horseall while carrying a baby on her back. This book traces the history of worldwide coins from.
Who was sacagawea pdf download full read book page. Teen pioneer grades 912 journeys end life after the expedition i journeys end life after the expedition ii geography no assigned grade level where it all began the lewis and clark expedition grades 68 the wild west a brief history of north dakota. Pdf islamic history through coins jere l bacharach academia. Coins can help students learn about math, science, history, important people, places, and. I am sacagawea is a childrens picture book written by brad meltzer and illustrated by christopher eliopoulos. However, history books and scholars dispel these simplistic myths. That means millions of sacagawea dollars anticipated by eager collectors will never be minted making the limited number of available coins highly valued. Sacagawea activities, worksheets, printables, and lesson plans. It has been designed to provide two copies of your collection. She is generally called the bird woman in english, although this translation has been challenged, and there has been much dispute about the form of her native american name.
A guide book of usa coins dollar coin united states penny. Sacagawea sacajaweas functior travels with her newbo with. See more ideas about lewis and clark, native american indians and american indians. Hidden camera investigation on what really happens to your car cbc marketplace duration. You may also use the half dollar and one dollar coin as legal.
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