Susan B. Anthony

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Etymology[edit]

In reference to Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906), a women's rights activist whose portrait is featured on the coin's obverse.

Noun[edit]

Susan B. Anthony (plural Susan B. Anthonys or Susan B. Anthonies)

  1. (informal) A Susan B. Anthony dollar.
    • 1990 May 23, DILLON%cimv1...@relay.cs.net, “Coinage problems”, in rec.org.sca[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-10-08:
      There has been much discussion about the minting of coins for use during SCA events. However the one problem most likely to scrap the entire project is getting the merchants to accept the coins when most of them prefer not to accept even mundane Susan B. Anthonys and half dollars.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Susan B. Anthony.