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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NPCoin, post: 600402, member: 5629&quot;]However, the stars and stripes are not used specifically as a flag in those instances.&nbsp; Stars alone can be significant of a number of different things including States.&nbsp; The stars on the flag signify one thing only...the States within the Union.</p><p><br /></p><p>The SBA dollar has 13 stars.&nbsp; We may be reminded of the original thirteen colonies and perhaps even a greater sense of beginnings.&nbsp; Something that we may not realize, however, is that she was pivotal in the passing of the thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution.&nbsp; Perhaps the designer decided, since the reverse of the Ike would be used, to simply utilize the thirteen stars from the reverse and apply the same to the obverse just because.&nbsp; Or, perhaps, when the Commission on Fine Arts rejected the first design concept for the SBA and sought a &quot;stronger design&quot; that showed &quot;more toughness&quot;, the designer decided to surround Anthony with thirteen stars representing the resolve and strength of the original colonies as they became States within the Union.</p><p><br /></p><p>Only Frank Gasparro will ever know.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, we must also remember that the 1907 Double Eagle had forty-six stars signifying the States at that time, yet it&#039;s predecessors only had thirteen stars.&nbsp; And the Sacajawea dollars have seventeen stars on them, the number of States at the time that she guided the Lewis &amp; Clark expedition.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, I cannot recall any issue that did not either have the number of stars as there were States at the time of minting, or simply thirteen stars, unless it was what may be considered a commemorative type.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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