Only 89,660,709 were produced across all three mints in 1980. With so many Susan B Anthony Dollar coins on hand, the US Mint produced far less of the coins in 1980. Indeed, many historians have argued that if the SBA had a smooth edge, adoption of the coin would have been more widespread. This was particularly true for those with vision disabilities. Further, because of the reeded edge, it felt like a Quarter. ![]() Many people confused the two coins and many businesses would not accept the coin to avoid confusion themselves. The composition of the new dollar was the same as the Quarter and it had the same silvery look to it. That coin was 24.3mm in diameter and weighed 5.67 grams. At 26.5mm in size and 8.1 grams in weight, the new SBA was very close to the dimension of the Washington Quarter. Public pushback began almost immediately. In all, 757,813,744 were struck in 1979 across all three mints. ![]() 500,000 of the coins were held by the Mint until their official release in July 1079 to the public. Minting of the new dollar coin began in December 1978 at the Philadelphia Mint with the Denver and San Francisco Mints starting production in January 1979. 1999 Susan B Anthony Dollar Obverse 1999 Susan B Anthony Dollar Reverse The inset of the edge would have 11 sides to it but with the reeding, it was hard to feel the difference between it and a Quarter.īoth the Obverse and Reverse of the coin were designed by chief engraver of the US Mint at the time, Frank Gasparro. The coin, crucially, was also to have reeded edges. For the reverse, the coin would have the same design as the Eisenhower dollar, an adaptation of the Apollo 11 moon landing insignia. Several proposals of who that should be were submitted with social reformer Susan B Anthony selected. However, Congress called on the Treasury to put a real woman on the coin, a first for our coinage. Originally, the 26.5mm dollar was to depict Liberty as many coins in our history have done. The Treasury Department and Congress wanted a smaller coin and began working on that design. ![]() Plagued by unpopularity because of its size and a lackluster design, the SBA was almost doomed from the start.ĭiscussions of a new dollar coin began in 1976 with both vending machine companies and the public pushing back against the size of the then Dwight D. One of the most polarizing and short lived coins in our currency history was the Susan B Anthony Dollar.
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