The law is passed that allows the Mint to make a dollar that shows Sacagawea.
Sacagawea was a young Shoshone woman who helped Lewis and Clark on their expedition.
1998:
The United States Mint website goes online.
Also, the Mint invites the public to help choose a design for the new dollar coin.
Many vote online.
1999:
The groundbreaking 50 State Quarters® Program begins—a 10-year program in which the quarter's reverse design is changed five times every year for ten years, once for each state in the Union.