Sacagawea's in Ecuador!

Here is a quote from a "CoinValues" magazine that came today:
"Much as the Anthony dollar suffered rejection, the Sacagawea dollar coin, introduced in 2000, failed to catch on with Americans still happily wedded to the $1 bill. In Ecuador however, the Sacagawea dollar is a hit!
Beginning in 2002, the U.S. Federal Reserve shipped millions of unused Sacagawea dollar coins to the South American nation. Given legal tender status by the Ecuadorian government, the Sacagawea dollar sees plenty of circulation in the country of 13.5 million. Why? Not only do the coins last longer than paper money in Ecuador's humid, tropical environment, the people of Ecuador identify with the image of Sacagawea on the obverse of the coin - in their eyes a true-to-life image of an Ecuadorian Indian women."

 

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that and equador's currency is the U.S. dollar

 

This is one of the reasons I have collected Sac's from day one in graded MS-67 business strike and satin's and MS-69 in proofs

 

Sacagawea's in Ecuador!


And, here I thought that she was dead!

 

maybe Ecuador deserves a state quarter too!

 

ROTFL, you're on a roll today. :thumb:

Phoenix

 

Who said she was above ground ?

 

I was in El Salvador a few years ago, and wanted to bring home some of the local currency for my collection. Imagine my disappointment when I found out that they now use only U.S. money.

 

This just goes to prove that Lewis and Clark were truely lost.)

 

sacs.....

see, there are people who use those, unfortunately they're in another country!

 

That's not totally outlandish.

After the territorial issues we could make a quarter for each of the sovereign nations that use the US dollar.

It ain't gonna happen though, of course?