It's Tuesday again and yet another coin themed thread. This denomination has been a bucket list item for me for many years, since my detecting days. Now, I don't currently own one but like to SEE your coins and would like Advice on what year to get for my first one in this series.... I was thinking a 1875S and I don't even care if it's a details coin! (This is just an example of a Twenty-Cent piece) More Info. about the series...Twenty-cent piece (United States coin) - Wikipedia Thanks, and enjoy your day!!
You have probably heard this before. As a youngster as got a Twenty Cent Piece in change. I have since passed it on to my youngest son. I do still have this photo of it.
Twenty Cent Pieces were only minted for circulation in 1875 and 1876. Proof only issues were minted in 1877 and 1978. The design was to much like a Quarter and the public complained. It was basically the same look and size and easily confused by all. It is a very short lived series. In the first year, 1975, a measly 38,500 were minted in Philadelphia. Carson City only minted 133,290 and San Francisco minted the most of all years at 1,155,000. This is the most affordable twenty cent piece of all. One can still acquire this date for under $100 if you shop around and want a lower grade. The following year, just 2 mints produced a total of 24,750. The following 2 years 1310 coins were minted in proof. For use in commerce it took the place of 2 dimes, which were popular. Here is the only one I own, a 1975-S, the highest mintage and very affordable. It has a nice die crack on the reverse from about 6:00 to 3:00 o’clock. This coin would grade as a high EF or a low AU.
Had to pop it out of the 7070, but here's my only one so far. I hope to upgrade it at some point with a better quality, non-cleaned version, but it fills the hole for now at least!
I have been fascinated by the Twenty Cent Piece since high school. Back then I collected all the pieces in the collection that I could afford, which met I could not get the Proof only dates. Today I have them all, Proof and Unc. except for the 1876-CC, which has always been out of my reach. The cheapest and most common date is the 1875-S. This one is graded MS-63. I've owned this one for almost 30 years. It's one of those coins that were dipped which "worked." If you would like a coin that is a bit more unusual, you could go for the 1875-CC. Believe it or not, with a mintage of 133,290, it's the second most common date. This one is graded MS-62. I like because it's well struck. Many 1875-CC double dimes are weakly struck on the eagle's upper left wing and the corresponding area on the shield on the obverse. If you want a piece with a low mintage, the 1876 is for you. The Red Book reported number is 14,750, but the actual number issued was lower than that. This one is graded MS-65. The 1877 is the most collectable "rare date." The mintage was 510 Proofs. My timing on the purchase of this issue has been lousy. I'm financially buried into this one. It's a PR-64. If you ever win the lottery and decide to go for the 1876-CC, all of them are doubled dies. The world "LIBERTY" is doubled on all of them. That has made impossible for counterfeiters to add a "CC" to the reverse of an 1876-P. The last time I saw one of these coins for sale, the asking price was $600,000.
