Object Details
- artist
- Gasparro, Frank
- Description (Brief)
- The Susan B. Anthony coin was the first American coin to illustrate an actual woman, rather than an allegorical or mythological figure. In this rendition of the dollar, Susan B. Anthony faces right; the ridge on her nose and her softened jaw line is less pronounced than in earlier drawings.
- The Susan B. Anthony coin was produced and distributed from the year 1979 through 1991, and then made one last year in 1999. Right from the beginning there was a problem with the new dollar because it was almost the same size as the quarter, and although the United States Mint gave the new dollar an eleven-sided edge to distinguish the dollar from the round quarter, people still confused the two coins. In the end, the Susan B. Anthony dollar never caught on as a spendable dollar for the general public.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Christina Gasparro Hansen
- ca 1979
- ID Number
- 2009.0005.114
- accession number
- 2009.0005
- catalog number
- 2009.0005.114
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- graphite (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 21.1 cm x 20.4 cm; 8 5/16 in x 8 1/16 in
- overall design: 18 cm; 7 1/16 in
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Coins, Currency and Medals
- Art of Gasparro
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Art - Currency
- Record ID
- nmah_1395968
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-56c5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
