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Message:: [QUOTE="Inspector43, post: 3194745, member: 89213"]Back then a penny was worth a penny to most everyone. A vast majority of the people had lived through the Great Depression and WW II. All coins were in circulation. There were numerous coin clubs where we would visit and trade. Usually, the kids I traded with were more interested in filling holes rather than making money. The Twenty Cent piece - there was an old man in the neighborhood that grew vegetables. He had a push cart and he would go down the alley's and ring a bell. My mother gave me a 50 Cent piece and sent me out to buy something that would cost 25 Cents. I should come back with a quarter. But, the old man gave me a Twenty Cent piece for change. They are very close in size to a quarter. I thought my mother would scold me for getting shorted. But, I took a chance. And, I was promptly told to put it in my coin collection.[/QUOTE]