Sacagawea coins not so popular

Sacagawea coins not so popular

THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2002

The Sacagawea golden dollar coins have proven popular with collectors but not with the public so the U.S. Mint is halting production.

A special run of 10 million will be made for special interests. Otherwise, there are 324 million excess Sacagawea coins.

Get the Story:
U.S. Mint suspends production of Golden Dollar coins (Government Executive News 4/3)
Mint cuts production of Sacagawea dollar coins with dwindling demand (AP 4/3)

Relevant Links:
Golden Dollar Coin, U.S. Mint - http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/index.cfm?action=golden_dollar_coin