What happened to the Susan B. Anthony dollar?
The U.S. Treasury gave it up in 1999 in favor a coin commemorating Sacajawea, the woman who helped Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific Coast. Anthony dollars minted before 1982 and a special issue minted in 1999 are still in circulation. Several groups protested the decision to abandon Susan B. Anthony, but one congressman is quoted as saying that coins should not show “an obscure historical figure like Susan B. Anthony.
The U.S. Treasury gave it up in 1999 in favor a coin commemorating Sacajawea, the woman who helped Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific Coast. Anthony dollars minted before 1982 and a special issue minted in 1999 are still in circulation. Several groups protested the decision to abandon Susan B. Anthony, but one congressman is quoted as saying that coins should not show “an obscure historical figure like Susan B.
