Susan B's

Last night when I got home Henry had a new skill to show me. He can now turn on his side. He does this by laying on his back, lifting his legs up as high as he can and letting gravity take him one way or the other as he starts to tip. It's some good progress!

Yesterday I picked up a whole bunch of small dollars. One bank had 1,050 of them. They were mostly Susan B. Anthonys. The bunch was great! In them I found two mint set small dollars (1981D, 1981S) and four proof small dolars (4 x 1981S). In 1981 they minted proofs in two varieties one, earlier, more common, variety has an S mint mark that is indistinct and the other has a S mint mark that is clearer. These are all of the second type.





I never expected to find six keepers in a batch of small dollars. I'll have to keep looking for more.

As with the Sacajawea coins batches of Susan B. Anthony coins tend to have little variety. Of the circulation strike coins, only 16.25% are not 1979 coins. Furthermore only 1.08% of the circulation strike coins are 1981s. The following chart shows the varieties and their mintages.

Year	P	D	S	Proof
1979	360,222,000	288,015,744	109,576,000	3,677,175 (S)
1980	27,610,000	41,628,708	20,422,000	3,554,806 (S)
1981	3,000,000	3,250,000	3,492,000	4,063,083 (S)
1999	35,892,000	11,776,000	0	750,000 (P)

Two varieties exist for the 1979P coins, wide rim and narrow rim. Both are easy to find. In addition to the different S mint marks on the 1981 proof coins, the 1979S proof coins have different S mint marks as well.