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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree, certainly the least attractive coin design in the entire US catalog by a great margin. Horrid thing.
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Bedrock of the Community
  United States
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Two machines to do the job of one, though?
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I don't think SBA had anything to smile about, given the lack of equal treatment women received. |
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Australia
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Personally, from an outsiders point of view, I don't mind the design.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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triggersmob, it's not really a bad design but definitely poor execution. The effigy of Anthony is just too stern. And the reverse is essentially just a partial Eisenhower dollar reverse. But the main gripe was it was too similar in size and color to a quarter (the Kennedy half was twice that size!). And I don't recall if vending machines accepted them. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Ok, I can see how the size might have been a problem. They probably didn't want to go too big, as they might not get used, just like half dollars.
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United States
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Interesting read. Thank you for sharing.  I like to call the SBA dollar "Ike's Little Sister." The coin Ike, not the real Ike, since she was 70 years older. I have a set, at least what I defined as a set. Mint and Date, no varieties (15 coins). Call me strange, but I like them.  Quote:But the main gripe was it was too similar in size and color to a quarter (the Kennedy half was twice that size!). Trigg, you want to tell him about the Aussie dollar and two dollar coins?  The obligatory quote... Emphasis is mine...  Quote:
The only real solution to having a circulating dollar coin in the marketplace is to stop printing the dollar bill and perhaps even the $2 bill as well. Then, and only then, will we see dollar coins in our change at the stores. |
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Only thing I like about it is the reverse design.
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Pillar of the Community
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I see higher and higher prices for the far near date coin.
All three S mint coins are tough in Gem and this applies especially to the '79 since it's not in mint sets.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Trigg, you want to tell him about the Aussie dollar and two dollar coins? Haha, you go first and tell him about the U.S. 5c & 10c. Quote:
I have a set, at least what I defined as a set. Mint and Date, no varieties (15 coins). Call me strange, but I like them. I'm with you there too, I don't collect varieties or proof coins, so that means my set would need 11 coins. I'm at 9, so just need 1980S & 1981S non proofs. |
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Haha, you go first and tell him about the U.S. 5c & 10c. Well, at least those started out as cupro-nickel versus silver. |
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Quote:I like to call the SBA dollar "Ike's Little Sister." The coin Ike, not the real Ike, since she was 70 years older. I have a set, at least what I defined as a set. Mint and Date, no varieties (15 coins). Call me strange, but I like them Quote:
Only thing I like about it is the reverse design. Quote:
Agree, certainly the least attractive coin design in the entire US catalog by a great margin. Horrid thing. So my step father was a longtime manager over at NASA so I have family ties there as well. The Treasury decided to use the old Eisenhower reverse (the Apollo moon landing), suitably reduced in size as the Eisenhower dollar main complaint centered around its excessively large size. Consequently, the Mint resolved to create a smaller denomination, leading to the creation of the iconic Susan B. Anthony coin. Since the dollar coin was much smaller than the previous one, it reminded people of the Washington quarter however, leading to a lot of confusion. So then the vending industry quickly suspended efforts to modify its machines. With no mechanism to accept the coins at pay phones, tolls, or food and beverage vending machines and no public desire to spend the coins elsewhere the banking industry and the Federal Reserve quickly abandoned the coin. The Apollo 11 mission patch was the basis of Frank Gasparro's Eisenhower dollar and Susan B. Anthony dollar reverses for those wondering as seen below. So I personally have always liked them, probably more due to the fact of my family ties to both the Treasury Dept and Nasa, but certainly understand others who dont.  As far as for collecting, its a small but interesting series that has many varieties if into that, and again I see some have no interest in errors and varieties. https://coinweek.com/type-i-and-ii-...ony-dollars/https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-c...dollars.htmlI had won a 1979-s type 1 pcgs pr69dcam from skeletonwizard in a contest on this forum after I joined, so thanks again and to others who do those and yes you can potentially win from your fellow members. Here it is with a few others I had posted elsewhere on the forum.   Edited by datadragon
12/20/2023 10:37 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice story Datadragon. Thanks for sharing. My 1979S is also type 1 (filled S).  Quote:
certainly the least attractive coin design in the entire US catalog by a great margin. IMHO, I have seen worse. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The coin's reverse may be based on the patch, but it falls far short. Looks more like a flying rodent.
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Moderator
United States
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My 1979S is also type 1 (filled S). Very nice! I have both types for every denomination except for the SBA. Of course, all the others are proof only issues. |
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