Anthony dollars were struck from 1979 through 1981, and then once more in 1999 to supplement a dwindling supply of dollar coins that were mainly being used in mass transit vending machines and stamp machines at United States Postal Service facilities around the nation. Anthony dollars way back when usually regard them as little more than novelty items. Those who are younger or simply didn't pay attention to Susan B. Anthony dollars were originally struck, largely remember them as a failed attempt to introduce a dollar coin into widespread circulation.
The collectors who were around in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when Susan B. Anthony dollars in coin collecting circles. You don't really hear much about Susan B.
