• 2000 P Sacagawea Dollar Coin
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Image © Ken Potter 2005 / Coin courtesy of Gary Burger

2000 P Sacagawea Dollar Coin

Q: Eric L., posed a question about the so-called “Wounded Eagle,” 2000-P Sacagawea dollar. He says: “I bought about 200 rolls of the new [2000-P] Sacagawea coins from my local WalMart during their promotion [that year] in a search to find a “wounded-eagle” that matched the snake-like pattern of a photo I spotted online somewhere. I turned a few hundred with “spears” back into the bank looking for a wounded eagle … is there any reference photos on the types of “wounds” that can be certified as “wounded eagles.”

HELP, 2000-P Sacagawea Dollar dark brown and gritty to the touch? Would it be part of the - Experimental Rinse Dollar? Pickypickerton, 3 years ago Haven’t checked the thread in a while. Got into a discussion tonight about this coin and was told there was no such thing. It was just tarnished. 2000 P Sacagawea Dollar Value. 2000 P Sacagawea Dollar Value Value is $1 circulated coins. If the coin is uncirculated and not certified they’re worth $1.25 to $2. If graded MS67 by either PCGS or NGC they’re worth $6 and in MS68 they’re worth $20. 2000 Sacagawea Dollar P & D Set You won't find any of these at your local bank! The Mint has announced that it's distributing Sacagawea Dollars ONLY for collectors. Your coins will arrive Mint fresh! 2000-P (Philadelphia Mint) and 2000-D (Denver Mint) coins will be professionally packed.

A: these are not a “wound” nor are they a “spear” but rather a die gouge that runs through the body of the eagle just below the breast. There is only one die gouge variety that I know of that is “officially” recognized by the authors of the Cherrypickers’ Guide To Rare Die Varieties, Bill Fivaz and J.T. Stanton. They refer to it as “Reverse Die Aberrations” and make a special note that “some collectors have nicknamed this the ‘speared eagle’.” In actuality, “wounded eagle” was and continues to be the far more popular nickname. It is frequently certified by some of the grading companies as a “wounded eagle.”

2000 P Sacagawea Dollar Uncirculated

Many in the organized error-variety hobby are against the use of nicknames such as either cited here and prefer to see them referred to simply as “die gouges” (or perhaps the closely related “die dents” which this may actually be) or at the very least as something like “Wounded Eagle–Die Gouge.” Whatever your position, there is no question that this one is unusual and kind of neat! I own one that fellow Michigander, Gary Burger gave me and I enjoy looking at it on the rare occasions that I get a change to look at any of my own coins 🙂

Sacagawea Dollar With No Year

—Ken Potter