The silvery dollar featuring the heroic but dowdy feminist never really caught on with the American public. Whether it's because the coin looked too much like a quarter or because the uncrazysexycool Anthony looks a lot like Mrs. Grundy is hard to say, but the Treasury is remedying both problem areas.
People have very personal relationships with money.
It's hard to picture anyone rolling around with a large check or money order. Thus our relationship with our money is an intimate one. The Susan B. Anthony dollar never took off because she was always seen as an outsider. Familiar as he is on the nickel, we found little room in our hearts for old T.J., what with the one and the five already part of our regular routine. Americans are a conservative lot when it comes to money, and we don't suffer changes gladly.