But there are rare instances when that pile of metal might hold a fortune, such as a Sacagawea Dollar coin worth six figures or a Lincoln penny worth a couple million dollars. Lincoln pennies are ...

The image of the Shoshone Indian, Sacagawea, is featured on the struggling dollar coin that was launched with great fanfare and a multimillion-dollar advertising blitz just more than two years ago.

Congress on Tuesday approved a redesign of the Sacagawea dollar in hopes of enticing consumer and business use of the gold-colored dollar. Under legislation passed by voice vote in the House and ...

The image of the Shoshone Indian, Sacagawea, is featured on the struggling dollar coin that was launched with great fanfare and a multimillion-dollar advertising blitz just more than two years ago.

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.

that were intended for the Sacagawea dollar. “Curious how the alloy would look on quarters, a bunch of Georgia state ones were minted using it,” the U.S. Coins Guide noted in a blog.

The coins, which pay tribute to the Native American heroine Sacagawea, can remain in circulation more than 20 times longer than paper dollars, which the Federal Reserve must pay to shred and replace.