Post Your Susan B Anthony Dollars! Share your pariah SBA's

Queen Isabella of Spain was featured on the 1893 Columbian quarter while Ellinor and Virginia Dare were on the Roanoke half dollar, but these were commemorative issues.

I believe these were also unpopular because of their size similarity to quarters and also because when they were issued there was a government movement afoot to have them replace currency, which was not a popular effort. This coin came to symbolize that movement and its resistance.

 

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Let's count the ways this coin fails, also most of these are true of the Ike which also sucks.

1. The moon landing, seriously! That has already been depicted on another coin and is stale.
2. No coherency of design, what do Susan and the moon landing have to do with each other, nothing!
3. The depiction of her is ugly.
4. She looks like a prude, people who collect things of beauty are generally not moved by prudes. As a matter of fact, I wonder if she would disapprove of this hobby.
5. Really stars on both sides! Now the mint is just lazy.
6. An eagle on the moon? That's just weird.
7. While she advocated some good things, she also advocated some evil things like prohibition.
8. The obverse looks out of balance. The date and the motto look like they were crammed in after the design was finished.

 

You should probably report it, maybe they'll delete it. My edit option has timed out.

 

SBA - never looked at them but now that they are not new we get a new picture of them.

 

I knew I had 1 but 2 Oh MY

Now these I used my Dino-lite

 

I have no problem with SBA's, as long as she's toned of course.
I have been able to put together a nice little hoard of SBA toners, aside from a few I sold to @Morgandude11



Here is a stunner proof I imaged for @treylxapi47

 

Unless someone else sends them in lol.

 

Always liked Suzy B's, though I may be in a minority (ya think?), though not on this thread for sure. Great stuff guys.

 

New here, looking for thoughts on my SBA. At first glance, I thought it was a 1979-D, but after comparing a little closer with another that is clearly a D, this one (on the right) may actually be a S Type 1 (blob), but I figured I'd get some better eyes on it.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/l5vk46exdonhj5s/SBA 1979 Comparison.JPG?dl=0

 

Others have noticed the resemblance between Susan and a 2000-year old Egyptian queen:



Susan B. Anthony, Cleopatra VII (Yes, that Cleopatra, seducer of Caesar and Antony)

 

Forgot to post this here. I just bought this beautiful SBA set in a capital holder and box. Includes Type 1 and 2 proofs.

 

1981-S impaired proof I found in circulation:

 

Confession:

I have a full set of PF70 DCAM's (except the Type II, too expensive) and I like them. Sadly no pictures. Bought them all on eBay.

 

Gasp!