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The Sacagawea Dollar coin contains no gold.The outer layer of manganese brass is what gives it the gold color.All coins struck of circulation are just a dollar.
From your description, it's a 2009 " Three Sisters" reverse Sacagawea dollar. The color is from the manganese brass outer layer, it's not gold and it's just a dollar, spend it.
If you have a large coin that says "999 fine silver" on the back, it's a bullion coin worth about $18. If you have a small coin with a picture of the native guide Sacagawea on the front, it's not made of silver - it's manganese brass and is worth face value only.
All Sacagawea and Presidential dollar coins have the same composition. The outer layer is manganese brass bonded to the inner core of pure copper. The combined percentage of each metal is 88.5% Copper, 6% Zinc, 3.5 Manganese, 2% Nickel
Manganese brass, with the following percentages of each component metal 88.5% Cu 6% Zn 3.5% Mn 2% Ni
Sacagawea dollars are made of brass, not silver.
A 2000 Sacagawea dollar is just a dollar. It is NOT gold, it's brass.
1 dollar. These coins are made of brass not gold. They are also very very common.
The coin is a common Sacagawea dollar coin and its worth a dollar.
The color is from the manganese brass outer layer not gold, and it's just a dollar, spend it.
Dollar coins minted since 2000 are made of manganese brass. They're not gold, just "golden".
The US Gold Dollar was minted from 1849 to 1889. No US Gold Dollars have been issued since 1889. From 1849 to 1854 the head on the coin represented Liberty. From 1855 to 1889, the head on the coin was a representation of an Native American (then called an Indian). US Dollar coins currently in circulation are neither gold nor silver, but a variety of alloys, some of which look like gold. They include coins representing: * Susan B. Anthony (minted 1979-1981,1999) in a copper-nickel alloy, * Sacagawea (minted 2000-present) in copper with manganese brass cladding, * deceased Presidents of the United States (2007-present) in copper with manganese brass cladding, * Sacagawea , Native American Series, (minted January 2009-present), in copper with manganese brass cladding.