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Sacagawea

The coin’s obverse was designed by Glenna Goodacre and features the imagined likeness of Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their trek to the Pacific from St. Louis (1804-06). On Sacagawea’s back is her baby son who was born during the exploration. The reverse depicts a soaring eagle and 17 stars, one for each of the states at the time of the Lewis and Clark expedition.  The designer of the reverse is Thomas Rogers Sr., a Sculptor-Engraver at the U.S. Mint.