1.00 Dollar, Susan B. Anthony Dollar, 1981
1.00 Dollar, Susan B. Anthony Dollar, 1981
- Description
- Introduced in 1979, the Susan B. Anthony Dollar was the first American coin to have the image of a non-allegorical woman. The coin was planned as an 11-sided polygon, but vending machine owners claimed that retrofitting their machines would be too expensive, so the coin was made round. People couldn’t readily tell the new coin apart from a quarter, and it was soon driven out of production.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Coin
- Date made
- 1981
- place made
- United States
- place of issue
- United States
- Physical Description
- cuni (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall:;
- ID Number
- 1983.0430.0021
- catalog number
- 1983.0430.0021
- accession number
- 1983.0430
- catalog number
- 83.22.21
- Credit Line
- Government Transfer: US DOTT, USM
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- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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