Native American Gold Dollar
On May 4, 1999, the new golden one-dollar coin design was announced by the White House. The obverse, by Glenna Goodacre, depicts Sacajawea, the young Shoshone woman, in three-quarter profile. In the Shoshone verbal legend, Sacajawea is described as having large dark eyes, a feature included in this portrait relief. On her back she carries Jean Baptiste, her infant son, whom she carried and cared for on the 3,000 mile Lewis and Clark expedition.
The reverse, by Thomas D. Rogers, Sr., presents our nation's symbol, a soaring American bald eagle, encircled by 17 stars representing the states of the union at the time of the 1804 Lewis and Clark expedition. The new coin went into distribution in March, 2000. Please see the US Mint site at Mint for further information on Sacajawea and the new coin.
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