What is a Susan B. Anthony dollar coin?

Answer 1

All Susan B. Anthony dollars, including the 1999 reissue, were "clad" coins composed of a copper center layered with a copper/nickel alloy. This, by the way, is the same composition used for dimes, quarters, and half-dollars made for circulation since 1971; unlike those coins, which were also issued in a 91% silver alloy for collectors, the Susan B. Anthony dollar was never a true silver dollar.

Answer 2

It was a failed attempt to create a small-size dollar coin, introduced in 1979.

The design was doomed from the start - the coins were almost identical to a quarter in size and weight, and were made of the same copper-nickel clad metal. In addition, they carried a particularly unflattering image of Ms. Anthony who by all accounts was a severe-looking person in any case.

Those reasons caused the coins to be rejected by most of the public, so production of circulation strikes was ended the next year and collectors' versions were discontinued at the end of 1981.

Inflation and the increasing use of $1 coins in vending machines and transit systems depleted the Mint's supply before the new "golden" (actually brass) dollars could be struck, so the Mint made one last run of Anthony dollars in 1999.

In most cases the coins are only worth face value and have never been withdrawn. They still turn up once in a while mixed in with "golden" dollars.

Answer 3

No it's not, the last actual silver dollar was the Peace dollar, last minted in 1935. (Colloquially, both the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin and the Eisenhower dollars that preceded it were sometimes called "silver dollars", even though they did not really contain silver.)

Answer 4

It's not clear what you mean by "currency of" but if you're asking if it's still legal to use, the answer is a very definite yes.

Anthony dollars have the same electromagnetic properties as the new "golden" dollars (brass, actually) so it'll work in any vending machine that takes $1 coins. The only problem with trying to spend one is that a lot of people haven't seen one in years and think it an odd-looking quarter - which is the major reason the coin failed when it was introduced!

Answer 5

Unless your coin is in mint packaging, it is just worth $1. Even uncirculated pieces are common and few coin dealers will buy them.

Answer 6

The coins were never struck in silver, so none.