What is the value of an 1888 Susan B. Anthony dollar?

Answer 1

Please don't assume that every woman on an American coin has to be Susan B. Anthony. Your coin shows a picture of Miss Liberty, as in "Statue of ..."

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Remember American history. In 1892 Ms. Anthony was very much alive so she legally couldn't be depicted on a coin. Moreover she was reviled for her campaigns to win equal rights for women so there was zero chance that the male-only politicians of the era would have honored her on a coin.

Answer 2

Please don't assume that every woman on a US coin is Susan B. Anthony!! Your coin is called a Morgan dollar and carries a picture of Miss Liberty, as in "Statue of..."

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If you check a good history book you'll discover that in the 19th century women didn't have the right to vote and SBA was hated for her efforts to bring about equality. The chances that a men-only Congress would honor her on a coin would have been less than zero, even if it weren't illegal to depict a living person on US Coins.

Answer 3

Don't assume that every woman on a US coin is Susan B. Anthony!! Your coin is called a Morgan dollar and carries a picture of Miss Liberty, as in "Statue of..."

Please see the Related Question for more information.

If you read any decent history book you'll discover that in the 19th century women didn't have the right to vote and SBA was hated for her efforts to bring about equality. The chances that a men-only Congress would honor her on a coin would have been less than zero, even if it weren't illegal to depict a living person on US coins.

Answer 4

Don't assume that every woman on a US coin is Susan B. Anthony. Your coin is called a Morgan dollar after its designer, and carries a picture of Miss Liberty. There's more information at the Related Question.

In any case, if you check a history book you'll find that Ms. Anthony was very much alive in 1881 so she legally couldn't be depicted on a coin. Worse, she was reviled for her efforts to achieve equality for women (who couldn't even vote back then!) so there is zero chance that the all-male government of 1881 would have honored her on the largest silver coin of the day!

Answer 5

Don't assume that every coin with a woman's face on it is Susan B. Anthony! U.S. coins at that time carried stylized images of MISS LIBERTY. Your coin is called a Morgan dollar after its designer George T. Morgan. Please see the Related Question for more information.

And in any case, SBA was (A) very much alive in 1882 and (B) reviled for her feminist views because American society was still very much male-dominated in those days, so it's impossible that her image would have appeared on a circulating coin.

Anthony dollars were only struck in 1979-81 and 1999 and are small (26.5 mm) coins made of cupronickel.