United States Sacagawea Golden Dollar $1 (Random Year)

The Sacagawea Golden Dollar is slightly smaller than a “351” style pick. Works great for electric guitar. Perfect grip and contour.

This golden dollar pick pays homage to the strong women who helped shape our great nation. It features Sacagawea, a Lemhi Shoshone woman who assisted the Lewis and Clark expedition in achieving all chartered mission objectives exploring the Louisiana Territory.

The Sacagawea Golden Dollar Coin Guitar Pick

With the expedition, between 1804 and 1806, she traveled thousands of miles from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean. The expedition established cultural contacts with Native American populations, and researched natural history.

Sacagawea is an important part of the Lewis and Clark legend in the American public imagination. The National American Woman Suffrage Association adopted her as a symbol of women’s worth and independence. They erected several statues and plaques in her memory, and doing much to spread the story of her accomplishments.

Lewis and Clark’s original journals mention Sacagawea by name seventeen times, spelled eight different ways, each time with a “g”. Clark used Sahkahgarwea, Sahcahgagwea, Sarcargahwea, and Sahcahgahweah, while Lewis used Sahcahgahwea, Sahcahgarweah, Sahcargarweah, and Sahcahgar Wea.

Sakakawea /səˌkɑːkəˈwiːə/ is the next most widely adopted spelling, and the most often accepted among specialists.

Proponents say the name comes from the Hidatsa language tsakáka wía, “bird woman”. Charbonneau told expedition members that his wife’s name meant “Bird Woman”, and in May 1805 Lewis used the Hidatsa meaning in his journal: (Wikipedia)

Featuring the iconic image of Sacagawea with a baby on her back, the Sacagawea Golden Dollar coin guitar pick is the perfect gift for the strong independent woman in your life. Although many people enjoy using this pick for electric guitar, it also sounds amazing on acoustic guitar, ukulele and mandolin.