Space flown 2000-W Sacagawea Dollars in 22 Karat gold are hitting the market
Looks like Stack’s Bowers Galleries has been chosen by the United States Mint to auction off 7 of the 12 space flown 2000-W Sacagawea Dollars struck in 22 Karat gold aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in July 1999.
Coins are encapsulated by PCGS with special labels. Just like the 1933 St. Gaudens, the buyer will pay $1 to monetize the coin as legal tender upon sale.
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don't get them reholdered!
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Fascinating!
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We lived in Dallas in July 1999, and watched the Space Shuttle Columbia carrying them fly over during re-entry while it was carrying them. That still remains one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Eileen Collins became the first female shuttle commander on that flight, and I'd met her at NASA several years earlier.
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These have the Cheerios reverse.
The buyer's fee is being waved. Maybe now I can afford to bid.
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Stratospheric prices? Turds from the space program bring more at auction money than everything I have.
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Does anyone know why the mint picks Stacks to auction their stuff off because Stacks did the dawn at dusk bullion eagles to.
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@Creg said:
Stratospheric prices? Turds from the space program bring more at auction money than everything I have.So does one single baseball card. For that matter, some "modern art" that many think looks like a child did it brings hundreds of milliions. Some people have a ton to put into this stuff.
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Also of note - the 8th coin up for auction is the "First Struck" 2025-W Sac Gold. This auction will be interesting.
Here's your pic of a 2000-W coin, it was attached to SBG's email notification that came out yesterday...
https://mailchi.mp/stacksbowers/sept-2025-space-coins-news-release-15613504?e=7a3e38589c4 -
@Raufus said:
@Creg said:
Stratospheric prices? Turds from the space program bring more at auction money than everything I have.So does one single baseball card. For that matter, some "modern art" that many think looks like a child did it brings hundreds of milliions. Some people have a ton to put into this stuff.
Like a banana duct taped to a wall. LOL
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Halfway down on the left. @CaptHenway with all 12 struck.
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@Rc5280 said:
Also of note - the 8th coin up for auction is the "First Struck" 2025-W Sac Gold. This auction will be interesting.
Here's your pic of a 2000-W coin, it was attached to SBG's email notification that came out yesterday...
https://mailchi.mp/stacksbowers/sept-2025-space-coins-news-release-15613504?e=7a3e38589cNot very clear images of the tail feathers on the press release photo, but you can see one characteristic of that generation pattern design. Just below the eagle leg, there is a fairly strong raised feather/ feather group that ends in a shallow hook. It is not on the regular issue design.
Here is a good view of that "hook" from Coin Community.com
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Normal reverse design, on a 2000-S Proof from Coin Facts
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@renomedphys said:
Cool, but still modern bullion. Maybe that’s your thing 🤷🏻♂️There are only 12 struck. That's almost like calling the 33 DE "bullion"
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Blowup of normal tail feathers on 2000-S Proof from Coin Facts.
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Any guesses what these will bring?
I have no idea.
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I don’t think they’ll hit 7, despite the fact that these are probably the most historic modern rarities that exist.
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I would love to get one but I don't think I can afford it.
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@Coins3675 said:
Does anyone know why the mint picks Stacks to auction their stuff off because Stacks did the dawn at dusk bullion eagles to.Because they know what they are doing, have an international reach, and obtain top dollar for the Mint?
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Wow just wow.
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22k gold. The 2025-Ws are 24k I believe.
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I thought these "2000W" 22K Saq $ issues had 39 minted & 27 destroyed were all struck at Philly but with W on obverse die instead of "P".
I am confused by the photography of 2000P in gold above.
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Here's a couple Saqs, one golden and one 24k
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I'm not sure that matters. The dates are different and they are the only 2000s made of gold. Would assume care about a mintmark?
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@Mr Lindy said:
I thought these "2000W" 22K Saq $ issues had 39 minted & 22 destroyed were all struck at Philly but with W on obverse die instead of "P".I am confused by the photography of 2000P in gold above.
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That's not gold, it's "golden".
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@dcarr said:
So are the 12 gold 2000 Sacagawea Dollars the only ones with a "W" mint mark ?Allegedly, though that assumes that the Mint is telling the truth.
FWIW, I once saw an IMAGE of a 2000-W Sacagawea with "FIVE DOLLARS" as the denomination rather than "ONE DOLLAR," but it may just have been an artist's conception rather than an actual struck piece. I believe that it was a concept piece for a possible half ounce gold coin to be offered to the public if approved by Congress. Probably never existed as a struck coin, but I do not know that to be a fact.
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@CaptHenway said:
@dcarr said:
So are the 12 gold 2000 Sacagawea Dollars the only ones with a "W" mint mark ?Allegedly, though that assumes that the Mint is telling the truth.
FWIW, I once saw an IMAGE of a 2000-W Sacagawea with "FIVE DOLLARS" as the denomination rather than "ONE DOLLAR," but it may just have been an artist's conception rather than an actual struck piece. I believe that it was a concept piece for a possible half ounce gold coin to be offered to the public if approved by Congress. Probably never existed as a struck coin, but I do not know that to be a fact.
I recall seeing something about that too. I think that endeavor was abandoned after Congress or whoever questioned the Mint's ability to sell the dollar piece in gold.
Also to respond to some of the other comments, the 2000-W coin is the only Sacagawea struck with the W mintmark. There is the 2015-W special edition coin that is technically a Native American dollar.
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@The_Dinosaur_Man said:
@CaptHenway said:
@dcarr said:
So are the 12 gold 2000 Sacagawea Dollars the only ones with a "W" mint mark ?Allegedly, though that assumes that the Mint is telling the truth.
FWIW, I once saw an IMAGE of a 2000-W Sacagawea with "FIVE DOLLARS" as the denomination rather than "ONE DOLLAR," but it may just have been an artist's conception rather than an actual struck piece. I believe that it was a concept piece for a possible half ounce gold coin to be offered to the public if approved by Congress. Probably never existed as a struck coin, but I do not know that to be a fact.
I recall seeing something about that too. I think that endeavor was abandoned after Congress or whoever questioned the Mint's ability to sell the dollar piece in gold.
Also to respond to some of the other comments, the 2000-W coin is the only Sacagawea struck with the W mintmark. There is the 2015-W special edition coin that is technically a Native American dollar.
2025 gold coin is struck with a W.
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And if it comes in a Cheerios box, it's even more rare.
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All close above 200k a pop as they are all cross collectables and are legit pattern reverse examples.
Collectors pay big money for space flown items.No regrets adding my poor man's, similar to space flown, 24k Saq for under $2,200 next day delivered.
@PeakRarities said:
Alright gentlemen, well where do we want to set the line seat for the over/under? 200k?2 -
I wouldn’t be surprised to see 7 figures.
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I don't think so.
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@Mr Lindy said:
All close above 200k a pop as they are all cross collectables and are legit pattern reverse examples.
Collectors pay big money for space flown items.No regrets adding my poor man's, similar to space flown, 24k Saq for under $2,200 next day delivered.
@PeakRarities said:
Alright gentlemen, well where do we want to set the line seat for the over/under? 200k?I agree with this. I wouldn't be surprised if they went much higher. The only thing holding it back is that they are coins of an unloved series. If these were even just Ikes or Kennedys, I would put the OU at 500k
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@jmlanzaf said:
@Mr Lindy said:
All close above 200k a pop as they are all cross collectables and are legit pattern reverse examples.
Collectors pay big money for space flown items.No regrets adding my poor man's, similar to space flown, 24k Saq for under $2,200 next day delivered.
@PeakRarities said:
Alright gentlemen, well where do we want to set the line seat for the over/under? 200k?I agree with this. I wouldn't be surprised if they went much higher. The only thing holding it back is that they are coins of an unloved series. If these were even just Ikes or Kennedys, I would put the OU at 500k
If they were 1 oz $20 lib proofs flown in space then we would see 1mil each.
For Sacs, I’ll start taking action at -110 for a line of 200k hammer and we’ll see where it goes. Payment made in advance via bitcoin, or other Sacajawea coins of any base metal.
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@PeakRarities said:
@jmlanzaf said:
@Mr Lindy said:
All close above 200k a pop as they are all cross collectables and are legit pattern reverse examples.
Collectors pay big money for space flown items.No regrets adding my poor man's, similar to space flown, 24k Saq for under $2,200 next day delivered.
@PeakRarities said:
Alright gentlemen, well where do we want to set the line seat for the over/under? 200k?I agree with this. I wouldn't be surprised if they went much higher. The only thing holding it back is that they are coins of an unloved series. If these were even just Ikes or Kennedys, I would put the OU at 500k
If they were 1 oz $20 lib proofs flown in space then we would see 1mil each.
For Sacs, I’ll start taking action at -110 for a line of 200k hammer and we’ll see where it goes. Payment made in advance via bitcoin, or other Sacajawea coins of any base metal.
Lol.
[I couldn't hit both agree and LOL but this deserves both. ]
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Have a regular one gold plated and save a bundle.
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The 2025 gold sacagawea coins sold 7491 at $2200 for a total of $16.5 million.
The 2024 Gold Flowing Hair privy did 230 at $38,800 for $8.2 million.
If we drop this to $6 million, that is $860,000 per coin.
I will be surprised if they go for any less.
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@mr1931S said:
Have a regular one gold plated and save a bundle.And fly it into space?
I assume your entire collection is made up of inexpensive Chinese copies. You saved yourself a bundle.
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@HalfDime said:
The 2025 gold sacagawea coins sold 7491 at $2200 for a total of $16.5 million.The 2024 Gold Flowing Hair privy did 230 at $38,800 for $8.2 million.
If we drop this to $6 million, that is $860,000 per coin.
I will be surprised if they go for any less.
Why? The value isn't derived by working back from what you think the market will collectively pay per auction, for any auction, and then just dividing that by the number of coins offered.
So the question is, where are you getting "if we drop this to $6 million" from? The answer is that it's a random number you are pulling out of the air. As is your "I will be surprised if they go for any less."
The reason they could go for less, a lot less, is that they are simply 7 out of 12 gold patterns flown into space. The market will determine what one of them is worth, and that will determine what 7 sell for at auction.
Not what 230 FH gold privies sold for, or what 7500 regular issue gold Sacs generated. Or by any number generated by applying a multiplier to one of those numbers. This has absolutely nothing to do with that.
Yours just bounce from $16.5 million to $8.2 million to $6 million. Minimum. What formula did you used to get from one number to the other? For the first two coins, all you did was take one known number and multiply or divide to get to the other.
Here you don't have either number, the per coin number or the total auction number. Just 4 numbers from two totally unrelated products. And, from that, you generate a hammer total, and a per coin "surprise" number. How do you get there?
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@NJCoin said:
@HalfDime said:
The 2025 gold sacagawea coins sold 7491 at $2200 for a total of $16.5 million.The 2024 Gold Flowing Hair privy did 230 at $38,800 for $8.2 million.
If we drop this to $6 million, that is $860,000 per coin.
I will be surprised if they go for any less.
Why? The value isn't derived by working back from what you think the market will collectively pay per auction, for any auction, and then just dividing that by the number of coins offered.
So the question is, where are you getting "if we drop this to $6 million" from? The answer is that it's a random number you are pulling out of the air. As is your "I will be surprised if they go for any less."
The reason they could go for less, a lot less, is that they are simply 7 out of 12 gold patterns flown into space. The market will determine what one of them is worth, and that will determine what 7 sell for at auction.
Not what 230 FH gold privies sold for, or what 7500 regular issue gold Sacs generated. Or by any number generated by applying a multiplier to one of those numbers. This has absolutely nothing to do with that.
Yours just bounce from $16.5 million to $8.2 million to $6 million. Minimum. What formula did you used to get from one number to the other? For the first two coins, all you did was take one known number and multiply or divide to get to the other.
Here you don't have either number, the per coin number or the total auction number. Just 4 numbers from two totally unrelated products. And, from that, you generate a hammer total, and a per coin "surprise" number. How do you get there?
What an interesting post....
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@HalfDime said:
The 2025 gold sacagawea coins sold 7491 at $2200 for a total of $16.5 million.The 2024 Gold Flowing Hair privy did 230 at $38,800 for $8.2 million.
If we drop this to $6 million, that is $860,000 per coin.
I will be surprised if they go for any less.
Stay in your lane.
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