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Susan B Anthony Dollar

July 1979 saw the introduction in the USA of the new Susan B Anthony dollar coin.

The first US coin to feature a historical personage of the female persuasion, the eleven-sided Anthony dollar was a resounding flop

Mostly because of its similarity in size to a twenty five cent piece - A similarity which caused numerous folks to accidentally spend them in payphones and video games like Space Invaders and Asteroids.