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Anthony dollar

American  

noun

  1. a cupronickel coin of the U.S., equal to one dollar, bearing a portrait of Susan B. Anthony on its obverse: first issued in 1979.


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I filled out the entry form, put Annie’s poem in the envelope, and rubbed my lucky Susan B. Anthony dollar against it.

From Literature

“My Susan B. Anthony dollar is gone! Somebody took it. Probably while I was posing for pictures before.”

From Literature

A Susan B. Anthony dollar is 82 percent the size of the previous Eisenhower dollar.

From Washington Post

A Susan B. Anthony dollar was used for the event to commemorate the upcoming 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage and the passage of the 19th amendment.

From Fox News

In 1978, the Philadelphia Mint began stamping the Susan B. Anthony dollar, which went into circulation the following July.

From Washington Times