Keep up with all of 's news and insights by signing up for our free eNewsletters, liking us on Facebook, and following us on Twitter. Policy by eBay exempts some numismatic items from Confederate flag banĢ015-W American Liberty, High Relief gold coin to be 1-ounce, $100 face value issueġ970-S Lincoln, Small Date cent discovery a keeper: Found in Rollsįake Mexico 1776 8-real coin: Detecting CounterfeitsĪ woman will be put on the $10 Federal Reserve note, U.S. The famous Indian Peace Medal design on one of the 5-cent coins is also found on a final coin for consideration in the Lewis and Clark theme, the 2004 silver dollar marking the expedition bicentennial.
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Mint began the two-year Westward Journey 5-cent coin series - four Jefferson 5-cent coins having designs related to the theme. In 2004, to mark the bicentennial of the purchase and expedition, the U.S. Other options include the 2003 Missouri quarter dollar, which shows the Corps of Discovery pirogue on the Missouri River, Lewis, Clark and York (a slave). In the background, a stylized image of the face of Clark’s compass highlights “NW,” the Pacific Northwest where the trip concluded. The reverse shows a Native American man offering a pipe while his wife offers provisions of fish, corn, roots and gourds. Louis and Clark's Corps of Discovery - 27 soldiers, a French Canadian interpreter, and Clark's African-American slave, York - set out in May 1804 from St. The obverse carries the standard design of the young Native American woman with her baby. Dollar coins in general, and the Sacagawea coins in particular, do not circulate to any great extent, so the public and even some collectors have missed this chance to celebrate her. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark have long been honored for their part in history, but Sacagawea’s crucial contributions to the expedition were overlooked for many years (something that has changed in recent years). The 2014 Native American dollar coin - from the annual series pairing native guide Sacagawea on the obverse with reverses reflecting changing themes - is doubly eligible, since its reverse is related, reflecting the native hospitality that helped ensure the success of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
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