1979 Susan B. Anthony

a copper-nickel clad alloy, with 75% copper and 25% nickel on the outer layers, and a pure copper core, making the overall composition 87.5% copper and 12.5% nickel.

Susan B. Anthony was a pioneer in the women’s suffrage movement in the United States and president of the National Woman Suffrage Association, which she founded with Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Anthony’s work helped pave the way for the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote. The amendment was known as the “Susan B. Anthony Amendment” to honor her work on behalf of women’s rights, and on July 2, 1979, she became the first woman to be featured on a circulating coin from the U.S. mint.