Dear Mr. Berko: I read your column about the Quaker Oats land certificates and wish I had kept mine. One of the guys at the shop where I work (we all read and discuss your column) seems to remember ...

A man holds a handful of $1 coins in Quito, Ecuador. While the coins are often shunned in the United States, theye prized in Ecuador. (Jim Wyss/Miami Herald/TNS) QUITO, Ecuador — Busy selling fruits ...

The Sacagawea Dollar was inspired by Sacagawea, a young Native American Shoshone Indian. She (and her infant) accompanied explorers Lewis and Clark on their journey westward to the Great Northern ...

Busy selling fruits and vegetables on a recent weekday, Luzmila Mita dug into her apron and pulled out a fistful of coins embossed with the image of a Native American woman with a baby strapped to her ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has recently acquired 17 items from sculptor Glenna Goodacre from her successful commission to design the Sacagawea dollar coin released in 2000.

Luzmila Mita holds Sacagawea dollar coins in Quito, Ecuador. Sacagawea, an 18th Century Shoshone tribeswoman, is seen as something of a kindred spirit in Ecuador Jim Wyss Miami Herald QUITO, Ecuador ...