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Lewis & Clark

The Lewis and Clark Expedition (from 1804 to 1806)

The Lewis and Clark Expedition is the first American expedition to cross the United States to the Pacific coast. Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809, had convinced Congress to allocate $ 2,500 at the time.

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark are the leaders of the expedition and will give their name to it. Clark and thirty members leave Camp Dubois, present-day Illinois, on May 14, 1804, and meet Lewis and ten other members of the group in St. Louis, Missouri. The expedition reached the Pacific Ocean in 1805. The return journey began on March 23, 1806 and ended on September 23 of the same year.

The success of the expedition is due in large part to the presence of Sacagawea, a shoshone guide and interpreter and Toussaint Charbonneau, a French-Canadian trapper who marries her at the age of 15. Despite the dangers during the trip (Missouri rapids, hunger, cold, bear attacks, Native American hostility), there was only one death, Sergeant Charles Floyd. He succumbed to an illness from the beginning of the expedition in August 1804.​

We value this coin at $20.​

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