New coins have to be approved by the Banking Committee of Congress. I serve on that committee. We were finally running out of the Susan B. Anthony dollars. We approved a new dollar and required that an image of a woman appear on that coin. Then the fight started.
Every state has outstanding women.
I nominated Sacajawea. Kids from Wyoming, particularly Kelly, Wyoming wrote emails, letters and made phone calls to sell the idea. I fought off amendments in Appropriations by a Chairman of the Banking Committee. It was a grand celebration. Students from the Fort Hall and the Wind River Reservations were brought to Kelly, Wyoming.