Designer of the Sacagawea Dollar Passes


New Mexico artist and Sacagawea golden-dollar designer Glenna Goodacre died of natural causes on April 13, 2020. She was 80 years old. Besides the dollar coin, she created several large scale sculptures including the Vietnam Women’s Memorial on the National Mall in Washington D.C., the Irish Memorial at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia, and the Puddle Jumpers in Montgomery, Alabama.

Although for the most part, the American public has shown little affection for modern day U.S. dollar coins, if you travel outside the country, particularly in Ecuador, you will find that the Sacagawea coin is vastly popular with the its citizenry.

The numismatic community has lost a great artist.

Miami Valley Coin Club


Saturday, May 16th, 2020 Uncategorized