Sacagawea硬币在厄瓜多尔很受欢迎

卢兹米拉·米塔（Luzmila Mita）从围裙中掏出一些美元硬币，在厄瓜多尔出售水果和蔬菜。硬币的表情是一位载着婴儿的美国原住民妇女。

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.

在厄瓜多尔出售水果和蔬菜的供应商卢兹米拉·米塔（Luzmila Mita）从她的围裙中掏出一些美元硬币。硬币的特色是一名载着婴儿的美国原住民妇女的脸。

“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.

“我一直以为她是我们中的一员，”米塔说，后来补充说，她得知这位女士是萨卡加维亚，他是来自美国的肖申妇，他在1800年代为刘易斯和克拉克探险提供了帮助。

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协助探险队与其他部落进行交流，识别可食用的植物，并导航陌生的地形。她的出现也标志着其他土著团体的和平，因为战争通常不包括有婴儿的妇女。

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年以来，美国造币厂一直在生产Sacagawea硬币。尽管它们并没有被美国人大量使用，但这些硬币在厄瓜多尔很受欢迎。在发生重大经济危机之后，该国在2000年转向了美元。厄瓜多尔人更喜欢这些硬币而不是纸质法案。

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.

在爱达荷州，兰迪·特顿（Randy'l Teton）是萨卡加维亚（Sacagawea）担任硬币设计的女人，很高兴得知硬币在厄瓜多尔的广泛使用。

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部落的成员，成为唯一成为美国货币榜样的活人。她在美国旅行，推广硬币。但是，它在美国从来没有广受欢迎。美国人不喜欢它不容易从自动售货机和首选的折叠账单中分配。

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.

在美国，大多数人将硬币视为收藏家的物品。硬币经销商汤姆·卡洛尔（Tom Carroll）提到，美元硬币从未真正抓住。

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.

但是在厄瓜多尔，人们试图避免的是纸币。基多的一名出租车司机说，他更喜欢硬币，因为他们感到更有价值。另一个在咖啡馆工作的人说，他很少看到美元账单，因为人们经常怀疑他们是伪造的。

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.

即使美国造币厂已向厄瓜多尔派遣了约1.89亿美元的美元硬币，但每人只有大约10个硬币。在美国，每人约有20个，但通常将其保存在收藏中，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."

提顿从未去过厄瓜多尔，但很想去。她说：“我很想分享萨卡加威亚的故事。” “如果厄瓜多尔人真的在使用硬币，那就让我开心。”