United States
1 Dollar "Susan B. Anthony Dollar" · “Susan B. Anthony Dollar”
United States · 1979–1999 · Copper
The coin
The story
The Susan B. Anthony Dollar: America's First Woman, and Its Most Famous Flop
In 1979 the United States put a real woman on a circulating coin for the first time — the suffragist Susan B. Anthony. Then it made the coin almost exactly the size and color of a quarter. America noticed, and never forgave it.
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