Susan B. Anthony Dollar Susan B. Anthony was the first woman to
be honored by having her likeness appear on a circulating United
States coin. In 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed the Susan B.
Anthony Dollar Coin Act into law (Public Law 95-447). This law
amended the Coinage Act of 1965, changing the size, weight, and
design of the one-dollar coin. On July 2, 1979, the U. S. Mint
officially released the Susan B. Anthony coin in Rochester, NY,
the home of Susan B. Anthony during the most politically active
years of her life. In 1979, 757,813,744 coins were produced.
Additional coins were dated 1980, 1981 (numanistic items only),
and 1999. Ultimately, the United States Mint produced
888,842,452 Susan B. Anthony coins for circulation. In 1997,
Congress passed the United States $1 Coin Act (Public Law
104-124, Sec. 4), replacing the Susan B. Anthony dollar with the
golden dollar coin. The golden color of this new coin, combined
with a smoother edge and wider border, helps to more easily
differentiate it from a q