Do you think there's anyone out there that likes Susan B. Anthony Dollars?

dan1ecu

In my experience, I've never herd anybody say good things about SBA's. The public didn't like them because they looked too much like quarters. Do you think that this short-lived series deserves a better reputation? Why or why not?

Dan

Sphinx357

I always wondered why they never made them the size of the Ikes. Then maybe so many people wouldn't have mistaken them for quarters and put them in vending machines.

LanLord

I like them. I'm not a nut-job for them, but I like them.

ealandg

I like them. I like the reverse and I like the fact that the person depicted isn't a dead president, but a woman of historical significance.

mojorizn

I like them too. She's no swimsuit model but where else can you complete a set of a series in MS69 and PR69DCAM for next to nothing?

Mojo

Dollars

I always like the series because it was not the same old dead president crap. I had no problem with there size. What I did have a problem with is when I tried to use them back in a day, folks would give ya dirty looks. I had one merchant that would not take them at all. I let the Chamber of Commerce know about him. He liked me even less then.

I still use Sacs, tho it is less and less. The old vending machine company where I work had their machines set up for them and the change machine gave out Sacs. Worked well, as far as I could see.

I guess folks hate change. No pun intended.

mojorizn

I liked your opinion David. I reated you a 9. Good beat and you can dance to it.

Mojo

XpipedreamR

I think I probably like them better than the Sacs. I kind of like the reverse...rather, I don't hate the reverse. And in higher MS and proof grades, they're not that bad looking.


Geez...I never thought US coinage would decline to the point where I look back fondly at the SBA!

SarasotaFrank

I wish someone liked them enought to buy the collection of them I am selling, as well as the few original mint rolls I have for sale.

cladking

I like the SBA. I'm not crazy about it as a collectible because there were so very
many saved and it's such a small series, but it is interesting. They would be much
nicer if they actually had seen extensive circulation but that was not to be. ...Yet.

There are some really neat condition rarities in the series which are beginning to
get some respect.

kamehameha00

I like them,its a pretty easy series to collect and finish in high grade.They don't look half bad in my opinion dispite what other people may say about them.

chiefbob

to Susie, especially the proof versions

Shamika

Although I like the idea of circulating dollar coin, I never cared much for the design of the Anthongy Dollar.

anoldgoat

According to the US Mint's web site they were autorized to mint 750,000 1999 proof SBAs. They still haven't sold out. That should tell us something.

291fifth

No. It was one of the most poorly conceived coins ever. I don't even leave them as tips because the waitress usually thinks they are a quarter and thinks they have been stiffed. At least the Sac is not confused with a quarter.

SarasotaFrank

<< <i>Although I like the idea of circulating dollar coin, I never cared much for the design of the Anthongy Dollar. >>



I don't think I have ever seen the version of Susan B Anthony in a thong - and furthermore, I am thinking I would just as soon miss it.

GAT

Susan B is so ugly that she's an insult to all women named Susan!

razorface1027

I've always been kinda partial to S.B.A.s...

alergar

With 90 circ. strike registry sets and 156 proof strike PCGS registry sets there have to be some people that like the SBA Dollar.

My Circs

My proofs

khayse

I've always liked them. I started hoarding them when I was in junior high.

> I like them too. She's no swimsuit model but where else can you complete a set of a series in MS69 and PR69DCAM for next to nothing?
I can't tell if you're grossly exagerating or if you know nothing about the series. Anyway you mis-typed "MS65".

-KHayse

ziggy29

<< <i>Susan B is so ugly that she's an insult to all women named Susan! >>

Hmm. I'll have to ask my wife what she thinks of this...

mhammerman

I heard there was a guy living in the Mojave that likes them but no one has seen him in a few years.

Rob790

My favorite coin is a SBA, but mostly for sentimental reasons. I think they're phat.

eyoung429

<< <i>I wish someone liked them enought to buy the collection of them I am selling, as well as the few original mint rolls I have for sale. >>



You have a pm

mgoodm3

I'm not a big fan. The rev is nice. I have one for type.

ccex

Any series of U.S. coins that is generally overlooked gets my respect. I'm not crazy about collecting them yet, but might change my mind in 20 years or so. (Is anyone here old enough to remember how everyone laughed at the Ford Edsel in the '60s, before that short-lived series became such a prized collectors' item?)

For the time being, I enjoy spending SBAs whenever I can. They are great to give out as tips when the waitress gives you mediocre service. She thinks you gave her only a quarter. Homeless people love them, though.

RBB617

Count me in as someone that doesn't love them but doesn't hate them either. Part of that is due to respect for US coinage and history, and part is because the mint first produced the SBA when I was a 9/10 year old collecter. It was the first new design that I had experienced first hand, so there is a bit of numismatic nostalgia in it for me.

Monstavet

What's not to like?

alergar

"I like them too. She's no swimsuit model but where else can you complete a set of a series in MS69 and PR69DCAM for next to nothing?"

The #1 set 'DRG' doesn't have a single MS69; and his set is all pop tops, the highest SBA's graded are MS67's and MS68's. If you have some that will go MS69 you need to submit them fro grading.

NumisOxide

I have most of the SBA series. They look real cool as proofs.

cladking

Here's a thread that's only a few months old and now they're talking about
melting the SBA's to make the Sac and a new coin circulate. This won't make
them rare by any means since many will be saved intentionally and otherwise,
but it would certainly add to the mystic and the nostalgia.

Time flies... ...in bounds and leaps.

ziggy29

<< <i>Here's a thread that's only a few months old and now they're talking about
melting the SBA's to make the Sac and a new coin circulate. >>

Oh, yeah. Susies are the reason Sacs aren't circulating -- not the $1 bill. How silly of me to think otherwise!

cladking

<< <i> Oh, yeah. Susies are the reason Sacs aren't circulating -- not the $1 bill. How silly of me to think otherwise! >>



The point isn't why they're melting the SBA's. The point is they may melt them.

Actually the one dollar bill isn't the main reason the dollar coin won't circulate, pro-
bably. The main reason is that the banks refuse to distribute the coin.

Surely SBA's are an insignificant part of the reason the dollar coin won't circulate.

Melting this coin would be another boondoggle and would not facilitate the use of
a coin. This rarely stops the government from acting, however, so don't be overly
surprised if it happens.

IrishMike

I enjoy them and have several of them. It saddens me to see posters complain about her looks. In fact that is unimportant as she was one of the insightful Americans that we have ever been blessed with. Now all of you go to your rooms and study the history of this fine lady and that is a direct order.

OKbustchaser

I don't particularly like the idea of any circulating dollar coin, but I much prefer the SBA over the Sac that replaced her.

Monstavet

Perhaps the government forgot that there isn't actually any silver in SusieBs? People hear this kind of stuff and start thinking there is gold in Sac dollars!

khayse

> Actually the one dollar bill isn't the main reason the dollar coin won't circulate, pro-
> bably. The main reason is that the banks refuse to distribute the coin.


You can say that but if the $1 bill were pulled from production banks would immediately have to distribute them.

-KHayse

khayse

Stupid website (double post).

FatMan

There are almost 250 PCGS Registry Set participants.

Coinerww

I do.