Thomas D. Rodgers is the designer of the reverse

Obverse and reverse

Obverse and its opposite, reverse, refer to the two flat faces of coins and some other two-sided objects, including paper money, flags , seals, medals, drawings, old master prints and other works of art, and printed fabrics. In this usage, obverse means the front face of the object and reverse...

 side of the 2000-2008 United States

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 Golden dollar coins, or Sacagawea dollar

Sacagawea dollar

The Sacagawea dollar is a United States dollar coin that has been minted every year since 2000. These coins have a copper core clad by manganese brass, giving them a distinctive golden color. The coin features an obverse by Glenna Goodacre. The reverse design has varied, from 2000 to 2008...

s. Rogers holds an A.A.S. degree with a major in commercial art

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, and joined the United States Mint

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 in 1991. He is now retired from the mint, and as of 2003 was residing in Long Beach

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, Washington. His design for the Sacagawea dollar was modified slightly before it went into circulation. He also designed the reverses for four of the State Quarters, including those for Maryland

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, Massachusetts

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 and South Carolina

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. Rogers also designed include the reverses of three years of the American Platinum Eagle

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 (including the original reverse, used on non-proof Platinum Eagles of all dates) and the 2000 Library of Congress $10 coin

2000 Library of Congress bimetallic ten dollar coin

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, and designed both sides of several other United States commemorative coin

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