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 ...

WASHINGTON -- Sacagawea helped Lewis and Clark find their way to the Pacific Ocean, but she's having trouble finding her own way into the nation's cash registers. The image of the Shoshone Indian, ...

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 ...

Coins that have mistakes or unusual features can sometimes turn into highly valuable treasures. Over the years, I’ve come ...

IDAHO FALLS — When most people envision Sacagawea, they think of her portrait on the golden dollar coin. They’re thinking of a Fort Hall resident. Randy’L Teton, the spokeswoman for the ...

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 decision on whether to spend or save coins is usually pretty simple. In nearly all cases, if you don’t spend them, then they’re just a pile of metal gathering dust. But there are rare instances ...

When most people envision Sacagawea, they think of her portrait on the golden dollar coin. They’re thinking of a Fort Hall resident. Randy’L Teton, the spokeswoman for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, ...

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.

Q Do you have information about the new gold- colored dollar coins? Where can I buy them? – C.P., Suffolk. A Authorized by the U.S. $1 Coin Act of 1997, the new golden dollar coin replaces the Susan B ...