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The Susan B. 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 ...
The Anthony dollars, like the Eisenhower dollars, were made from a copper-nickel clad copper core. The 1981 coins were issued for collectors only but occasionally show up in circulation. The Anthony dollar, because of its color, size, and design, was often confused with the quarter. It was never popular and production was suspended after 1981.
The silver-colored Susan B. Anthony dollar was replaced with gold-colored Sacagawea dollar in 2000 and Presidential Dollars 2007-2016; though the composition changed, the coin's size and weight remain the same. Some variances in coin size and weight occurred over time, especially as the value of silver varied.
Coins of the United States dollar – aside from those of the earlier Continental currency – were first minted in 1792. New coins have been produced annually and they comprise a significant aspect of the United States currency system. Circulating coins exist in denominations of 1¢ (i.e. 1 cent or $0.01), 5
Gasparro designed both the obverse (pictured) and reverse of the Susan B. Anthony dollar, which he called his "top achievement", though the coin was largely rejected by the American public. Asked to produce a design for the Susan B. Anthony dollar, Gasparro found two photos of women's suffrage leader, one at age 28 and the other when she was 84 ...
The Peace dollar is a United States dollar coin minted for circulation from 1921 to 1928 and 1934 to 1935, and beginning again for collectors in 2021. Designed by Anthony de Francisci , the coin was the result of a competition to find designs emblematic of peace.
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The Susan B. Anthony dollar was minted from 1979 to 1981, and then again in 1999. The Dolley Madison silver dollar was available to buy in 1999, made to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Dolley Madison’s death. [18] The Presidential dollar coins, the first of which was released in 2007, commemorate deceased presidents of the United States.