The new dollar coin will be gold in color and will be the same size as the Susan B. Anthony coin. Its obverse (heads), designed by Glenna Goodacre, depicts Sacagawea, the 15-year-old Shoshone woman who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their expedition to the Pacific Ocean in 1804-1806. She is pictured carrying her infant son, Jean Baptiste, whom she carried and cared for on the 3,000-mile journey. Goodacre used a 22-year-old Shoshone college student as her model for the coin's design.

The reverse (tails), designed by Thomas D. Rogers, Sr., depicts a soaring American bald eagle and 17 stars - symbolizing the 17 states of the union at the time of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Sacagawea was responsible, in large part, for the success of the expedition through her navigational, diplomatic, and translating skills. She was accorded full voting rights by Lewis and Clark as a member of their expedition.

Coins for general circulation will be minted at the Philadelphia and Denver Mint facilities.

The Susan B. Anthony Dollar Coin is being minted for the first time in years and the last time ever in 1999. The coin's obverse features a profile of Susan B. Anthony, the pioneer of this country's Woman's Suffrage Movement. On the reverse is a symbolic representation of the Apollo 11 Spacecraft ("The Eagle") in commemoration of the historic moon landing on July 20, 1969.

Dollar coins issued in this century are the Susan B. Anthony Dollar (1979-1981 and 1999), the Eisenhower Dollar (1971-1978), the Peace Dollar (1921-1935), and the Morgan Dollar (1878-1921).