It has Sacagawea's picture in the front, carrying her baby on her back. The other side of the coin shows a bald eagle surrounded by 17 stars representing the existing states in 1804. U.S. Mint spokesman Michael White said the Mint has issued more than 650 million golden dollars. But only a limited number haven't been pulled out of circulation and tucked away in dresser drawers. The grocery store gets about five of the dollars a week from customers.
Smaller stores get fewer than that.
Oleta Jackson at the Eller's Lucky Dollar in Pasco said she has never received a Sacagawea dollar from her customers. Be Tran said she sees only a couple of the new coins every week. Her son, however, has collected 25 golden dollars. When the new dollar becomes easy to get, he will hold onto a couple of them and spend the rest, the teen said. This is not unusual.