Sacagawea硬幣在厄瓜多爾很受歡迎

盧茲米拉·米塔（Luzmila Mita）從圍裙中掏出一些美元硬幣，在厄瓜多爾出售水果和蔬菜。硬幣的表情是一位載著嬰兒的美國原住民婦女。

Luzmila Mita, a vendor selling fruits and vegetables in Ecuador, pulled out some dollar coins from her apron. The coins featured the face of a Native American woman carrying a baby.

在厄瓜多爾出售水果和蔬菜的供應商盧茲米拉·米塔（Luzmila Mita）從她的圍裙中掏出一些美元硬幣。硬幣的特色是一名載著嬰兒的美國原住民婦女的臉。

“I always thought she was one of us,” Mita remarked, later adding that she learned the woman was Sacagawea, a Shoshone woman from the U.S. who aided the Lewis and Clark expedition in the 1800s.

“我一直以為她是我們中的一員，”米塔說，後來補充說，她得知這位女士是薩卡加維亞，他是來自美國的肖申婦，他在1800年代為劉易斯和克拉克探險提供了幫助。

Sacagawea assisted the expedition in communicating with other tribes, identifying edible plants, and navigating unfamiliar terrain. Her presence also signaled peace to other Native groups, as war parties typically didn't include women with babies.

Sacagawea協助探險隊與其他部落進行交流，識別可食用的植物，並導航陌生的地形。她的出現也標誌著其他土著團體的和平，因為戰爭通常不包括有嬰兒的婦女。

The U.S. Mint has been producing Sacagawea coins since 2000. While they aren't heavily used by Americans, the coins are quite popular in Ecuador. The country switched to using U.S. dollars in 2000 following a major economic crisis. Ecuadorians prefer these coins to the paper bills.

自2000年以來，美國造幣廠一直在生產Sacagawea硬幣。儘管它們並沒有被美國人大量使用，但這些硬幣在厄瓜多爾很受歡迎。在發生重大經濟危機之後，該國在2000年轉向了美元。厄瓜多爾人更喜歡這些硬幣而不是紙質法案。

In Idaho, Randy'L Teton, the woman who posed as Sacagawea for the coin design, was pleased to hear about the coins' widespread use in Ecuador.

在愛達荷州，蘭迪·特頓（Randy'l Teton）是薩卡加維亞（Sacagawea）擔任硬幣設計的女人，很高興得知硬幣在厄瓜多爾的廣泛使用。

Teton, a member of the Shoshone tribe, became the only living person to serve as a model for U.S. currency. She traveled across the U.S., promoting the coin. However, it never gained much popularity in the States. Americans disliked that it didn't easily dispense from vending machines and preferred folding bills instead.

Teton是Shoshone部落的成員，成為唯一成為美國貨幣榜樣的活人。她在美國旅行，推廣硬幣。但是，它在美國從來沒有廣受歡迎。美國人不喜歡它不容易從自動售貨機和首選的折疊賬單中分配。

In the U.S., most people view the coin as a collector's item. Tom Carroll, a coin dealer, mentioned that dollar coins never truly caught on.

在美國，大多數人將硬幣視為收藏家的物品。硬幣經銷商湯姆·卡洛爾（Tom Carroll）提到，美元硬幣從未真正抓住。

But in Ecuador, it's paper money that people try to avoid. A taxi driver in Quito stated that he prefers coins because they feel more valuable. Another man working at a café said he rarely sees dollar bills as people often suspect them to be counterfeit.

但是在厄瓜多爾，人們試圖避免的是紙幣。基多的一名出租車司機說，他更喜歡硬幣，因為他們感到更有價值。另一個在咖啡館工作的人說，他很少看到美元賬單，因為人們經常懷疑他們是偽造的。

Even though the U.S. Mint has sent about $189 million worth of dollar coins to Ecuador, that amounts to only about 10 coins per person. In the U.S., there are about 20 per person, but they're usually kept in collections and not used daily.

即使美國造幣廠已向厄瓜多爾派遣了約1.89億美元的美元硬幣，但每人只有大約10個硬幣。在美國，每人約有20個，但通常將其保存在收藏中，而不每天使用。

Teton has never visited Ecuador but would love to go. "I would love to share the story of Sacagawea," she said. "If Ecuadorians are really using the coin, that makes me happy."

提頓從未去過厄瓜多爾，但很想去。她說：“我很想分享薩卡加威亞的故事。” “如果厄瓜多爾人真的在使用硬幣，那就讓我開心。”