150 Susan B. Anthony Dollars

Jakt

I am not really a coin guy, more into baseball cards. Recently someone I know asked me to sell their SBA dollars for them. What is the best way to get the most amount of money for these? Should they just be used as currency? Sell them as a lot or individually?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

TomB

If they are simply business strike coins I would spend them. Others may disagree.

cladking

Unless they are high grade, near dates, or 1981 they are just face value as business strikes.

There might be some ability to get a premium for '99's as well. Of course proofs have a numismatic premium as well.

tightbudget

Spend them for $150. But first, pick out the wide rim 1979 and any 1981 coins. Those you may get a slight premium for.

crypto79

Who's paying more than a dollar for 1981 SBAs?

ricko

Suggest they be used commercially..... still can get them in the post office stamp machines and other change machines. Cheers, RickO

Overdate

<< <i>Who's paying more than a dollar for 1981 SBAs? >>


They bring $2 to $3.50 each. None were struck for circulation, so they were relatively low mintage and only available in 1981 Mint Sets.

Hundreds of millions of Susies were struck, but they are seldom seen today. I wonder where they all disappeared. I don't think collectors/hoarders would have accumulated them all.

pocketpiececommems

The Feds are hoarding them because we won't use them. Counterstrike them with a Loonie and spend them in Canada.

s4ny

I'd pay $155 for them just to have them. Who knows?

Jakt

Alright, I just actually got the coins in my hands a moment ago.

Only 10 are SBA (all from 1979) and the rest are Sacagawea and President dollars.

From what I can see, unless the Sacagawea and President are proof (or untouched by human hands), the best bet is to use them as cash. Correct?

What about the SBAs? 1979 seems to be an important year and might add some value.

commoncents05

<< <i>Alright, I just actually got the coins in my hands a moment ago.

Only 10 are SBA (all from 1979) and the rest are Sacagawea and President dollars.

From what I can see, unless the Sacagawea and President are proof (or untouched by human hands), the best bet is to use them as cash. Correct?

What about the SBAs? 1979 seems to be an important year and might add some value. >>



Spend them all.

-Paul

keets

save any 1979-P Wide Rim coins.

crypto79

<< <i>Alright, I just actually got the coins in my hands a moment ago.

Only 10 are SBA (all from 1979) and the rest are Sacagawea and President dollars.

From what I can see, unless the Sacagawea and President are proof (or untouched by human hands), the best bet is to use them as cash. Correct?

What about the SBAs? 1979 seems to be an important year and might add some value. >>



While 1979 is a very very important year the money minted in it is technically worth less then when it was minted. Have fun spending them all

Jakt

Thank you for all the responses. Looks like there is not much value other than spending, hey, maybe next time....

For what it's worth, I'm going to put the SBA on eBay and see what happens. They all have the "P" on them and those seem to be the good ones.

bronco2078

Are people valuing circulated wide rim coins at more than face value? Or circulated 81's?

MsMorrisine

circulated 1979-P wide rims go for more than $1. All 1980 SBA were wide rim, and those are good for comparison to tell the difference between the plain and wide rim.

circulated 1979-P plain are worth $1 because they are common as dirt.

GrumpyEd

I had 4 rolls of 79 SBAs, checked them for wide rims and none were wide and the coins weren't great looking either.
I took them to the bank, the teller was happy and said "we get lots of people asking for old coins".

cladking

<< <i>circulated 1979-P wide rims go for more than $1. >>



Early reports said these were exceedinly common and accounted for more than 30% of mintage.

Over the years it has become apparent that it's really closer to 1.5% of mintage. The low prices
for them is indicative of the low demand for all moderns. Incidentally this coin shows up infrequently
in the 1979 3-pc souvenir set. It doesn't appear in the regular mint set.

ProofArtworkonCircs

<<Early reports said these were exceedinly common and accounted for more than 30% of mintage.>>

A mint official gave John Wexler a count of the narrow rim and wide rim dies. I have the article on it in EVN somewhere here.
I think the number was more like 50%.

I think the flaw in the reasoning is that demand did not materialize and mintage dropped at the end of the year. I think that left the mint with a large number of wide rim dies that were never used. Hence you can't always accurately estimate mintage by counting dies.


edit: added "accurately"

tightbudget

<< <i>Alright, I just actually got the coins in my hands a moment ago.

Only 10 are SBA (all from 1979) and the rest are Sacagawea and President dollars.

From what I can see, unless the Sacagawea and President are proof (or untouched by human hands), the best bet is to use them as cash. Correct?

What about the SBAs? 1979 seems to be an important year and might add some value. >>



If none of the SBAs are the wide rim variety, spend them. Second, check the 2000-P Sacagaweas for the Cheerios dollar. Lastly, check the Presidential dollars to see if they're missing the edge lettering.

If you find nothing, spend them. These coins are still easy to find in circulation (here in the Northeast, some vending machines and most ticket kiosks dispense them as change).

TwoSides2aCoin

It's an easy short set to put together. If adding the proofs, the 1999 will run about $30.
It's not an easy short set to put together in high grade, but it's kind of fun having a series to complete that doesn't cost an arm and a leg...
No, it just costs a little bit of pride and a collector has to look at a "bun" hairdo. . Adding the Clear S is a formidable enough challenge, too.