Thursday, January 19, 2012

Also picked up The Susan B. Anthony dollar of United States coin minted on 1979 both the P & D mint coins.
 
The Susan B. Anthony dollar is a United States coin minted from 1979 to 1981, and again in 1999.
It depicts women's suffrage campaigner Susan B. Anthony on a dollar coin.

It was the first circulating U.S. coin with the portrait of an actual woman rather than an allegorical female figure such as 'Liberty'.

The reverse depicts an eagle flying above the moon (with the Earth in the background), a design adapted from the Apollo 11 mission insignia that was also present on the previously issued Eisenhower Dollar. It was one of the most unpopular coins in American history

The 1979 Susan B. Anthony dollar coin was produced at 3 US Mint facilities; Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco. The mint marks for this coin are located on the obverse [heads] side of the coin just above the right shoulder. The letter "D" indicates the coin was minted at Denver. A letter "S" indicates the coin was minted at San Francisco. The letter "P" indicates the coin was minted at Philadelphia. The 1979 Anthony dollar was the first coin to bear the mint mark "P" for the Philadelphia mint since 1945. Note that "FG" is not a mint mark, but the monogram of Frank Gasparro who designed the coin

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