Averitt's Reg Sac
2005-D SMS
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
DOLLARS - SACAGAWEA |
| Item Description: |
$1 2005 D SMS |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS 69 |
| Owner: |
Averitt's Coins |
Owner Comments:
Sacagawea was born to a tribe of Shoshone between Kenney Creek and Agency Creek, near Tendoy, Idaho near what is now Lemhi County, Idaho [1]. However, in 1800, when she was about 11 or 12, she was kidnapped by a group of Hidatsa, and taken to their village near the present Washburn, North Dakota. She therefore grew up culturally affiliated with this tribe; some believe her name is taken from the Hidatsa phrase for "bird woman." She was named so because when she was born, a flock of white birds flew overhead. The origins and proper pronunciation of her name has become a great point of controversy and contention among interested historians and her brother Cameahwait's descendants (Sacagawea has no known direct descendants).