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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collecting Nut, post: 3460027, member: 74863&quot;]This series is very short lived due to the public complaints about the size and design in relation to the quarter.&nbsp; In the first year of issue 38,500 pieces were minted in Philadelphia including 1200 proofs 133,290 in Carson City, Nevada&nbsp; and 1,555,000 were minted in San Francisco.</p><p><br /></p><p>The following years production figures dropped drastically, only 24,750 were produced in Philadelphia and Carson City combined. Most of these coins were melted at the Mint and never released to the public.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1877 and 1878 no coins were made for circulation, only proof examples were made for a total of 11,010 for the two years.</p><p><br /></p><p>The eagle was similar to that used on the Trade Dollar but the edge of the Liberty Seated $.20 piece is plain. The mintmark is on the reverse below the eagle. The demise of the $.20 piece was the confusion of the public by the coins similarity to the quarter dollar, a quarter dollar was better established in American&nbsp; Commerce and small small change transactions are satisfied by fractional currency notes. Lastly, the $.20 piece was essentially a substitute for two dimes. </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin was designed by William Barber, it weighs 5 grams and contains 90% silver 10% copper.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my recent purchase of an 1875-CC Twenty Cent Piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]920146[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]920147[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]920148[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A nice F-12 circulated coin that shows no signs of cleaning. This series can be difficult to complete and s bit costly as well for five circulation coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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