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Sacagawea Golden Dollars
Authorized
by the United States $1 Coin Act of 1997, the new Golden Dollar coin
replaced the Susan B. Anthony (SBA) Dollar Coin in the year 2000.
Sacagawea Dollar
Coins
Complete Sacagawea
Golden Dollar Set
Complete uncirculated Sacagawea dollar set including Proof issues.
Sacagawea or Sacajawea?
Various historians disagree over the
pronunciation, meaning - either "Boat Launcher" or "Bird
Woman", and spelling of her name - listed as either Sacagawea or
Sacajawea, as well as a few other spellings, but all agree that her
bravery and fortitude were instrumental to the success of Lewis &
Clark's "Corps of Discovery."
We have decided to use the spelling "SACAGAWEA"
for our new dollar coin, based on several contemporary works on this
topic.
To quote from a recent publication:
"Translated, her name means 'Bird
Woman,' and in their attempts to spell the Indians words, Lewis and
Clark used variations of 'Sah-ca-gah-we-ah' and 'Sah-kah-gar-we-a.' (In
1814, when a version of the journals appeared, an editor changed the
spelling to Sacajawea, which was the preferred spelling until recently,
when most historians and official publications reverted back to
Sacagawea.)
Lewis & Clark. The Journey of the Corps of Discovery. An
Illustrated History by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns. New York: Alfred
A. Knopf, 1997. Page 92.
Additional references to the Sacagawea
spelling can be found in Stephen E. Ambrose's "Undaunted Courage (Simon
& Schuster, 1996) and on PBS's Web site for its critically acclaimed
series on the Lewis and Clark
expedition.
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