QDB: "Appreciating the Susan B. Anthony dollar (1979 to 1981 and 1999)"
I respect the man, but I'm not sure I can appreciate this issue.
What are your thoughts?
Appreciating the Susan B. Anthony dollar (1979 to 1981 and 1999)
April 7, 2021 By Q. David Bowers
The Susan B. Anthony dollars, designed by Chief Engraver Frank Gasparro, are interesting, collectible, and inexpensive. When I assembled my set several years ago these were easy to find with a nice appearance and in high grade. If modern dollars appeal to you, building a set of these dollars is a good way to go. While some people want MS-70 and Proof-70 in certified holders, some of which are expensive, you will be pleased with just about any brilliant Proof, as nearly all are Gems. Mint State coins take a bit more care, but MS-65 and MS-66 are inexpensive and can be hand-picked for beauty.
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I have a 'quantity' of these (15-20), not sure why.... I really do not care for the coin. I put these aside when they first came out and there they sit. Cheers, RickO
There's a nicely toned one that's posted by @bolivarshagnasty I believe. Hopefully it can be posted it to this thread
The only "Jimmy Carter quarters" I have in my collection are in proof sets, one in my Dansco, and this one I bought for my Prime Number Set -- an error coin paying tribute to the mistake that this coin was. It is also well struck, with no planchet marks remaining on the cheek, and attractive for an SBA.
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A pleasing MS66 example of the1981-S mint set issue is really tough to find.
The usual 81-S has dull, drab luster and contact marks (scrapes in Susie's hair) and is generally ugly overall. PCGS has graded only three in MS67 after thirty-five years of looking at coins.
I would happily own this one:
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This PR70DCAM sold for $322.00.
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I appreciate this dollar for use in tips to car wash attendants and deserving and appreciative others: “what the hell are these?!”, along with the Sacajawea and Ike’s.
Wow, that is creepy cool. Is that for real?
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the SBA's are a short series with a couple of interesting varieties. like their predecessor, the Eisenhower Dollar, they are common through MS64 but get progressively more difficult in higher grades. at MS66 and above for the Mint State issues they can be elusive and expensive. I'm putting together a toned set in PCGS holders and have seven of the 18 coins.
Nice set @keets! For only 4 years, I'm surprised there are 18 coins to collect.
the Eisenhower Set is even more daunting, eight years and I think a 31 coin set.
"Appreciating the Susan B. Anthony dollar"
Doesn't this belong in the "This forum needs a little humor" thread?"
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I like mine
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I have 3 but no photos.
1 broadstruck
2 missing clad layer
Poor Susie. Poor us. The small dollar program has largely been a failure. Why can't the mint figure out that a coin that looks like a quarter, feels like a quarter, spends like a quarter, and competes with George Washington on a bill won't work? It seems pretty obvious to those of us in the real world. Also, why recycle the Apollo 11 Mission patch design from the Ike? Seems like a smaller, cheaper retread. Mrs. Anthony deserved better.
Despite all that, I sorta, kinda like these. They came on the scene when I was a boy, and I remember looking forever to find a 1980 and 1981. Like the Ike, these circulated pretty regularly in the Mountain West. Silly me, the things never really entered circulation like the 1979 so I bought an uncirculated set from the Mint. My first mint purchase, LOL. The coins I got are probably in the MS64/65 range. Nothing special.
I've looked at a bunch of photos of Mrs. Anthony. None of them suggest the enormous Moby Dick forehead featured on the coin.
When the Ike dollar came out I got a couple of rolls of them and spent them and people were surprised but generally happy to see them.
When the SBA dollar came out I got a couple of rolls and spent them and people were generally leery of them.
Then I spent one as a quarter, knowing that I had them in my pocket change. I knew at that point that they were doomed.
The SBA was too much like the quarter in size and look.
The UK 1 pound coin is like 2x the thickness of a smaller coin. The UK 2 pound coin circulates a lot as well.
The main reason the dollar coin hasn’t been successful now is regional politics that leads to continued issuance of the paper dollar.
I’m sure some will appreciate the series for one of many possible reasons. For myself, I just can’t get into them. There’s nothing artistically appealing or sentimental to me. I have one in my 20th century type set and that’s plenty
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The only examples I own are toned.
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It is, but the nickel and quarter are nearly as similar in diameter, currently the same metal, and much closer in weight. Would a plain edge have made the SBA a bigger success (or a lesser flop) and put any pressure on retiring the $1 note? Had it lasted another few years, there would have been a lot more inertia behind it, especially in the vending industry. $1 bill readers were very fickle on these machines back then, where they existed at all.
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Susi gets a bad rap. A lot of individuals forget that, according to the Red Book:
"The first time that a woman, other than a model or a mythical figure had appeared on a circulating U.S. coin".
I like the 1999-P Philly made proof. Kinda an unusual issue.
Pete
The small dollar coin needed a very distinctive design. Look at the SBA and a 1979 Quarter. Head, LIBERTY above, date below, IN GOD WE TRUST in the field. Imagine if it had had the U.S.S. Constitution on it, or a Saturn 5 rocket, or SOMETHING different than the quarter dollar format. And once it failed it poisoned the well for future small dollar coinage.
I did not care for the design or concept at the time, but I do have one in my collection;
1979-P SBA Near Date / Wide Rim PCGS MS66
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The reason these are relatively inexpensive is that almost no one wants them.
Same reason CN three cent pieces will never be priced fair value to their rarity.
Susan B. Anthony is older than she looks.
Two thousand years ago she was a Queen of Egypt, her beauty was celebrated throughout the world, and she had a lover named Antony.
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The toning really suits the subject. It adds a period patina that just looks timely and nicely enhances an otherwise lackluster depiction.
I don't care for the Susan B. Anthony dollar ... however I really like the error shown of this coin by @messydesk
Not a huge fan of the design, but it does take me back to my high school era and crazy silver prices. The one example I have is nicely toned and grades MS-66:
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I thought these no longer circulated, but a friend brought me a 1999-P he got in his workplace vending machine last week. I have a full set of Susie's, with the exception of the 1981-S Type II.
It's true that its similar size to the quarter doomed its chances for circulating, but that's giving it too bad a rap. The Eisenhower and the Sacajawea and the Presidents series all met the same fate - no matter what size or color the Mint makes them, they don't circulate. I seriously hope that dollar series are finally dumped after the current Innovation series.
If they stop making the $1 and $5 bills the $1 and $5 coins will circulate.
That’s what they should do, along with eliminating the nickel and cent.
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Her charm was world renowned, she was the richest person in the world, so could have any jewelry she wanted, and supposedly liked to wear live snakes as bracelets! My kind of lady.
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Y'all have seen her before, but here she is again.........and a short video of the luster on Instagram under 1bolivarshagnasty.
She then went on to be a relative to multiple Roman emperors and pull political strings behind the empire.
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I remember them from my youth, I gave my son a set a few years ago and he traded them for Pokémon cards
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My one coin set of gold toned SBA dollars. Dreadful coin. After this post I will denounce ever owning this coin and forever state my account was hacked.
We may never know but I’ve never heard of people mistaking a nickel for a quarter and vice versa but I have known people to mistake a SBA for a quarter in commerce.
In effect that is what Japan did with the 500 yen note which would be most equivalent to our $5 bill. Now when I travel in Japan my pockets are weighed down with heavy coins and it is a real nuisance. They have long since had a 100 yen note so basically everything is coins for 500 yen and less.
I don't believe this at all. If there is truth to it, why did so many Morgans never circulate? Surely no one wanted paper dollars in the 1870s.
Many Morgans never circulated because many were not meant to circulated but created due to graft, more commonly known as pork today. It was a political gift, with many struck never intended for commerce.