Susan B Anthony Dollar Coin

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Circulating Coins

  • Year of Issue: 1979
  • Authorizing Legislation: Public Law 95-447

Find the current Susan B. Anthony Dollar values by year, coin varieties, and specific grade. Find the current Susan B. Anthony Dollar values by year, coin varieties, and specific grade.

  1. This copper-nickel clad coin is the first U.S. Small-size dollar coin. Anthony Dollars were issued 1979-1981 and a final time in 1999. The obverse of the Susan B. Anthony Dollar depicts the pioneer of women’s rights. The reverse honors the 1969 lunar landing. Engraver Frank Gasparro designed the Susan B. Anthony Dollars.
  2. Anthony dollar is worth between $2 and $12. The worth of this coin depends on when it was minted, if it is a proof and its condition. The only Susan B. Anthony dollars minted as a proof were the 1979 S, the 1980 S and the 1981 S.
  3. Most Susan B Anthony Dollars (SBA’s) are worth a $1 since they’re circulated or low MS (Mint State) grades, or grades lower than MS64. The 1981-S is a key date and worth around $40 in MS64 and the 1981-P and 1981-D are lower mintage dates and mints so they’re worth a bit more than the other dates as well.

Background

This coin featuring Susan B. Anthony was first issued by the United States Mint in 1979 and it replaced the Eisenhower Dollar. This was the first time that a woman appeared on a circulating coin. The coin was minted from 1979-1981 and again in 1999.

This coin was legislated on October 10, 1978 under the presidential term of Jimmy Carter. Two United States Mint Directors, Stella Hackel Sims and Donna Pope, served under President Carter’s tenure in office.

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Characteristics

The obverse design features the likeness of Susan B. Anthony.
The reverse features an American eagle landing on the Moon, an adaptation of the Apollo 11 insignia. Anthony

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Obverse Inscriptions

Susan
  • LIBERTY
  • IN GOD WE TRUST
  • date

Reverse Inscriptions

Coin
  • UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  • E PLURIBUS UNUM
  • ONE DOLLAR

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Mint and Mint Mark

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Artist Information

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  • Designer: Frank Gasparro