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2 unusual facts about dollar coin


Australian two-dollar coin

From 1988 to 1998 the portrait of her was by ( Raphael Maklouf ) before being replaced in the following year by one sculpted by Ian Rank-Broadley.

New Zealand one-dollar coin

In 2006 the Reserve Bank of New Zealand replaced the 10c, 20c and 50c coins in circulation with smaller, lighter ones, and removed the 5c coin from circulation.


Museum of Human Beings

The expedition papoose Charbonneau appears on the front of the Sacagawea gold one-dollar coin (2000 to 2008) and remains in circulation in the USA today.

Randy'L He-dow Teton

In 1998, the United States Mint invited sculptor Glenna Goodacre to submit a design for the new dollar coin featuring Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman who acted as guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark Expedition.


see also

Arnold Nogy

The Dog Sled Team, of which two coins were produced; a collector edition, a sterling silver 30 dollar coin with coloured image and, a gold coin of 250 dollar denomination.

Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional

Robert-Ralph Carmichael, one of the Canadian dollar coin's designers, lives near Echo Bay.

Patricia McGuire

In June 1998, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin appointed McGuire to serve as a member of the first-ever citizens’ advisory panel on coinage, the 8-member Dollar Coin Design Advisory Committee, which recommended the image of Sacagawea for the new dollar coin.

Toonie

The Canadian 2 dollar coin, commonly called the toonie, was introduced on February 19, 1996 by Public Works minister Diane Marleau.