Are they still making Susan B. Anthony coins?

Answer 1

No. The proof dollars were struck in Philadelphia instead of San Francisco, so if your book includes slots for the proof coins, there should be two 1999 P's.

Good question but no, I looked the coin up in the 2006 Red Book and on the internet and found nothing on a 1999-S Susan B. Anthony coin. Though there is a proof for the 1999-P.

Answer 2

Very definitely. Even though the coins struck in 1979 and 1980 were unpopular due to their bad design, enough were being used in vending machines and transit-system fareboxes that the Treasury ran out of them before the new Sacagawea dollars could be released. A special run of 1999-dated SBA's was authorized to fill the gap until 2000 when the Sacagawea coins were ready. About 47 million were minted, far fewer than the earlier dates but still enough that they're not at all scarce.

Answer 3

Circulation coins were made in 1979, 1980, and 1999.

MoreThe Anthony dollar introduced when the large-sized Eisenhower dollar proved to be too big and heavy for general use. The coin was a failure almost from Day 1 due to its similarity to the quarter in size and color, so it was made for circulation in that year and 1980. Some coins were struck in 1981 for inclusion in collectors' sets. By 1999, inflation and the use of $1 coins in vending machines and transit fareboxes had exhausted the Treasury's supplies, so a new run was authorized to meet those needs until the new Sacajawea dollars became available in 2000.

The Anthony dollar is a monument to bad planning on many levels. When first proposed it was to be multi-sided, made from a gold-colored metal, and would have carried a distinctive Liberty Head design. But the Mint claimed it couldn't make a multi-sided coin AND that an appropriate brass alloy couldn't be developed (despite the fact that other countries had already had done both), and finally feminist groups lobbied for representation of an actual woman instead of an allegorical figure.

By the time everyone agreed on a design there were only a few months left to get ready, so the Mint opted to use the same metal as that already in dimes, quarters, and halves, and to make the coin round instead of multi-sided. The Mint's chief engraver only had time to make the front image of the coin so the old Eisenhower reverse was recycled. His portrait of Ms. Anthony, a very severe-looking person by anyone's judgment, was based on a particularly unflattering photo and resulted in a coin that many have said to be one of the least attractive US Coins ever minted. That combined with its similarity in size and feel to a quarter doomed the coin from the day it was released.

Answer 4

AFAIK this variety occurred only in the 1979 series. I cannot find any references to a 1980 near date.

Answer 5

No. The design was unsatisfactory in almost every aspect and was replaced with the two current series of Sacagawea and Presidential dollar coins.

Answer 6

Yes there is, I have seen many S.B.A. coins of all dates and mintmarks that have been plated. But none of them have any collectible value.

Answer 7

NO. None of the Susan B. Anthony dollars were ever struck in silver, regardless of date or mintmark.

Answer 8

No, they were last made in 1981 and then again in 1999.

Answer 9

None of the coins were struck in silver.