Susan B Anthony Coin
The composition of this coin consists of outer layers of copper-nickel (.750 copper,.250 nickel) bonded to inner core of pure copper. 26.5 mm Diameter; Reeded Edge; Obverse Design: Likeness of Susan B. Anthony which represented the first time that a woman other than a model or a mythical figure has appeared on a circulating U.S. Anthony dollar is a United States dollar coin minted from 1979 to 1981, when production was suspended due to poor public acceptance, and then again in 1999. Intended as a replacement for the larger Eisenhower dollar, the new smaller one-dollar coin went through testing of several shapes and compositions, but all were opposed by the vending machine industry, a powerful lobby. 1979-1999 18-Coin Set Complete Set of Susan B. Anthony Dollars - Brilliant UNC - with Type 2's. SET HIGHLIGHTS: Contains 18 different Susan B. Anthony Dollars. All coins come in Brilliant Uncirculated or Gem Proof condition. This set is complete, including the 1979-P Near Date coin, as well as the proof 1979-S and 1981-S Type 2's.
Sample catalog image for Susan B. Anthony Dollars (1979-1999)
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About Susan B. Anthony Dollars (1979-1999)
In 1979, the United States government undertook what many may call a socio-numismatic experiment. Authorized by a 1978 bill signed by President Jimmy Carter, the United States Mint began production of the nation?s first small-size dollar coin. Making this first even more historic was the fact that the coin would be the first US coin to place the figure of a non-mythical woman on the obverse. That woman, Susan B. Anthony, was a champion for women?s rights in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and seemed a fitting design subject in an era of equal rights.
The first Susan B. Anthony dollars were released in July 1979 with much fanfare, but the coin soon proved a massive flop. Why? The coin, measuring 26.5 millimeters in diameter and silvery in color too closely approximated the appearance of the Washington quarter, and thus many people confused the denominations, often losing 75 cents (or more) in transactions. Making matters harder, too, was the reluctance of Americans to stop using the dollar bill (which was simultaneously in production with the Anthony dollar) in lieu of adopting the smaller dollar coin.
Mintages shrank in 1980 and in 1981, the Susan B. Anthony dollar was struck only for uncirculated sets and proof sets. Production resumed in 1999 to fill a shortage of dollar coins, which by the late 1990s were increasingly used in vending machines and in the mass transit industry.
While the Susan B. Anthony dollar was a very short-lived series, remarkably there were a few scarce issues and varieties. These include the 1979-P Near Date (or ?Wide Rim?) variety, the 1979-S Type II proof, and 1981-S Type II proof.
Susan B Anthony Coin
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