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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jaceravone, post: 396253, member: 9474&quot;]Clinker - Interesting trivia.... keep it coming. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I think the info on the Goodacre dollar is confused. In 2000 she did receive 5000 specially burnished Sacagaweas for her payment, but they were not gold. Think about it, that would be a ton of money to pay an artist since they are usually paid a minimal fee from the government for their services. 22k gold Sacagaweas were made in 1999 and flew aboard the shuttle and later were displayed at the Worlds Money Fair in Milwaukee. As the article then states, these 12 coins were then transferred to Fort Knox where they have remained. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you search ebay, you can typically find a Goodacre dollar for sale for several hundred dollars either by PCGS or ICG who signed the original contract with Goodacre to sell these coins. Hope this helps. Joe</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?action=press_release&amp;ID=821&amp;formSearchString=sacagawea&amp;formBool=AND&amp;formYear=ALL&amp;group=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?action=press_release&amp;ID=821&amp;formSearchString=sacagawea&amp;formBool=AND&amp;formYear=ALL&amp;group=1" rel="nofollow">http://usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?action=press_release&amp;ID=821&amp;formSearchString=sacagawea&amp;formBool=AND&amp;formYear=ALL&amp;group=1</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This quote is from an auction on ebay for a Goodacre dollar from Stephen Tebo&#039;s firm.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;Glenna Goodacre, acting on the advice of her friend Stephen Tebo, elected to take the design fee of $5,000 for her spectacular obverse design of the new dollar, in Sacagawea Dollars. These presentation coins were specially treated: the planchets were burnished, the coins were struck from fresh dies, and the final product was treated with an anti-oxidant. </p><p>Our firm, Tebo Coin Company, negotiated on behalf of Ms. Goodacre to have all 5,000 of the coins encapsulated at ICG. As Glenna is well known for her incredible bronze art sculptures, which are sold as individually serial numbered works from a total edition, we requested ICG to number these coins from 1 to 5,000 out of the total edition of 5,000. This seemed appropriate since these too, are wonderful works of art. Based on the long-term relationship with Glenna, we were given a small group of these coins to sell. Since they were encapsulated at ICG, which is only 30 miles away, the plastic on the holders is fresh and free from scratches. These are the finest of all of the Goodacre Sacagawea dollars being offered! These coins are dramatically different from the normal production strikes, as they have a brilliant nearly proof-like surface, and have minimal surface contact marks. There are only 2,500 of the original 5,000 being offered to the collecting public, with the balance being retained by the Goodacre family.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is some good trivia info just in itself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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