Description
The Susan B. Anthony Dollar was introduced in 1979 to honor the American suffragist, abolitionist and women's rights movements. It was meant to replace the Eisenhower dollar. The 1979 strike, as the first mintage of the design, is a landmark in the United States Mint and U.S. Coinage. The Anthony Dollar Coin was often mistaken for the quarter, leading to low public acceptance. Minting paused after 1981.
The coin was designed by then-U.S. Mint Chief Engraver Frank Gasparro, featuring a portrait of the activist Susan B. Anthony on the obverse and his design of an eagle landing on the Moon with an olive branch, based on the Apollo 11 mission insignia, on the reverse.
In late 1979, the design was revised, and the rim was widened to improve the coin’s appearance. Because all later Susan B. Anthony dollars were minted with this wider rim, only the coins minted in the first part of the first year of introduction feature the narrow rim design, making these coins significantly more desirable. This coin features the original narrow rim design.
In 1979, mint marks were still punched into working dies by hand using a steel punch and a mallet. If the punch wasn't held perfectly vertical, misaligned or struck weakly, a second strike was often needed to correct it. The results of this manual process created fascinating visual defects when not done properly.
A repunched mint mark ( RPM ) is a mint mark on a coin die that was stamped more than once, resulting in a secondary, slightly offset or distorted image of the mint mark.
Another result is that as the working die deteriorates with use, the lettering may appear smeared, thicker, or elongated.
This items is likely the product of an improper strike and with a fading die making it feasibly one of the last narrow rim renditions before the tooling was changed.
Additionally, note that the "E" in E Pluribus Unum is almost entirely filled, and the E on "ONE DOLLAR" features a die chip.
This coin features both the narrow rim design, a distorted mint mark, as well as severely distorted "cartoonish" lettering making it an extremely rare example of a combination of sought-after anomalies.
It is circulated and was minted in Denver, United States. The coin is uncertified and in great condition, making it a valuable asset to any numismatist who wishes to see an increase in value by contracting with a grading service (PCGS/NGC).
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