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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CaptHenway, post: 4954727, member: 13813&quot;]When the small dollar concept that was eventually issued as the Anthony dollar was being developed in the 1970&#039;s, Treasury wanted it to be popular in vending machines, so it deliberately chose a size and weight that did not match any other coin in the world to discourage slugging. That, as you can see, placed it close in size to the quarter.</p><p><br /></p><p>To make it more distinctive, Treasury planned to give it eleven flat sides, which is why the design has an eleven-sided rim. The vending machine industry screamed, and Treasury gave in and made the coin round with a reeded edge. As a result many people could not tell them apart. The confusion was made much worse by the similarity of the designs. Look at the placement of the head, date, LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST, and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A bold new design might have worked. As they were, when they came out I spent one as a quarter, and that day I knew that the coin was doomed.</p><p><br /></p><p>When Canada came out with the Loonie a few years later, it learned from the Anthony fiasco and gave the Loonie the eleven sides the Susie was supposed to have. They work fine in Canadian vending machines.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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