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Susan B. Anthony Dollar Promotion  



When the first silver dollar version of the Susan B. anthony was issued in 1979 and put in cirrc ulation on July 3, 1979 the the State Exhange Bank gave out a Silver Dollar to its customers - it was presteneted as such:



This was the offical release date to local banks and was done to promote the usage of the Susan B. Anthony Dollar and the State Exchange Bank's "friendship" to their customers and to their community.

It was a copper-nickel clad coin. Although it is round, the Susan B. Anthony dollar is intended to convey an 11-sided appearance, from the 11-sided rim bordering the edge of both sides It depicts women's suffrage campaigner Susan B. Anthony on a dollar coin. It was the first circ ulating U.S. coin with the portrait of an actual woman rather than an allegorical female figure such as 'Liberty'. The reverse depicts an eagle flying above the moon (with the Earth in the background), a design adapted from the Apollo 11 mission insignia that was also present on the previously Characteristics:
    Value: 1 U.S. dollar Mass: 8.1 g (0.260 troy oz) Diameter: 26.5 mm (1.04 in) Thickness: 2.0 mm (.09875 in) Edge: Reeded Composition: Cupronickel (91.66% Cu, 8.33% Ni
1979 was the first and highest mintage year the following were minted :
    Philadelphia (P): 360,222,000
    Denver (D): 288,015,744
    San Francisco (S): 109,576,000
of the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin was produced at 3 US Mint facilities; Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco. The mint marks for this coin are located on the obverse [heads] side of the coin just above the right shoulder. The letter "D" indicates the coin was minted at Denver. A letter "S" indicates the coin was minted at San Francisco. The letter "P" indicates the coin was minted at Philadelphia. The 1979 Anthony dollar was the first coin to bear the mint mark "P" for the Philadelphia mint since 1945. Note that "FG" is not a mint mark, but the monogram of Frank Gasparro who designed the coin.

Because of their similar size and color, it was found to be easy to mistake the coin for a quarter. The Anthony dollar was disparagingly referred to as the "Carter quarter" or the "Anthony quarter

While a large quantity were produced in 1979, they failed to circ ulate well (despite the slogan "Carry three for Susan B.") and a minimal number were produced in 1980. Public reaction to the coin was primarily negative, with complaints that the coin, smaller than previous dollar coins (which were also unpop ular), was too easily confused with the quarter. Some did not like the coin because its small size reminded them of the decreasing purchasing power of the American dollar