More than one billion Sacagawea coins were cranked out in 2000. As time went by, the public rejected these coins, and many were returned to local banks. Mintage numbers were gradually reduced.

This misprinted 2000-P Sacagawea coin is commonly referred to as a “mule” because of the mismatching of an obverse die and ... $15,000 Sacagawea Dollar? Check Your Coins for Mint Mistakes ...

Busy selling fruits and vegetables on a recent weekday, Luzmila Mita dug into her apron and pulled out a fistful of coins embossed with the image of a ...

The United States Mint has shipped approximately $149.1 million in dollar coins to Ecuador since 2002 — mostly Sacagawea dollars but also dollar coins from the U.S. presidency series.

“The very first issue of the Sacagawea coins came in Cheerios boxes starting Jan. 1, 2000, but those coins were packaged in such a way that you could not see their reverse,” DeLorey continues.

Consumers are clamoring for the U.S. Mint’s newest currency — the Sacagawea dollar — thanks to a unique promotion that put the coin into cash registers at Wal-Mart.

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Getting a dollar coin into widespread circulation is proving all but impossible for the U.S. Mint, whose second attempt in two decades is foundering. Launched in 2000 ...

But here’s the controversy part: Members of Sacagawea’s original tribe maintain that her name should be pronounced as they pronounce it. And that is – you guessed it – SAK-a-ja-wee-ah. Sigh.

WASHINGTON – Sacagawea helped Lewis and Clark find their way to the Pacific Ocean, but she’s having trouble finding her own way into the nation’s cash registers. The image of the Shoshone ...

But in Ecuador, which began using dollars in 2000, Sacagawea is ubiquitous and something of a kindred spirit. ... where the U.S. Mint has been producing Sacagawea dollar coins since 2000.