Here are the date I have. Are these dates and miy good one? Please let me know. Thanks. 1980 D 1979 D 1979 P 1979 S 1980 P 1999 D 1999 P 1980 S
I would check if that 1979-P is a wide rim variety...those a worth a little bit. Also, if that 1979-S is a proof, check to see if it is the clear S variety. Otherwise, those are pretty much common dates. Although the 1999 was only issued in a set, it was not ment for circulation.
The nice thing about the SBA coins is that they are a small set, which makes it easy to get an example of every year and mint mark. There are 15 coins in the basic set. If you add the "wide rim" for 1979-P, and clear "S" for both the 1979-S proof and the 1981-S proof, this adds three more coins. The "wide rim" or "near date" coin does not command a huge premium, but the two "type 2" proof coins are relatively rare and are more expensive. There is a potentially new variety to collect with SBAs, and that is the Full Talon. There was an article in last May's Numismatist magazine from the ANA. The following link (which is a site for the small dollars) also describes what a Full Talon consists of. http://home.earthlink.net/~smalldollars/dollar/add017.html I personally think that we will eventually see FT be recognized in a manner similar to FBL for Franklin halves or FB for Mercury dimes.
Not correct. The 1999 P and D coins were struck because they were need to supply orders for circulation coins from the Fed because they had run out of the earlier SBA coins and they needed more to fill request from transit systems etc. If they were not needed for circulation they would not have been struck. they were struck very late in the year (Nov 1999) because they were hoping the dollar supply on hand would hold out until the 2000 Sac dollars came out. But they ran out early and by law could not start the Sac dollars until 2000. So they struck the 1999's because they still had authorization to produce SBA's
