Featured An Introduction to the Twenty Cent Piece

TypeCoin971793 · Aug 12, 2019

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Soon after the Twenty Cent Piece entered commerce, confusion reigned. Consumers and businesses were constantly paying out quarters instead of the Twenty Cent Pieces and vice versa. Quite often consumers were losing five cents instead of gaining 2 ½ cents as the enabling legislation had promised. A few citizens resorted to punching in a “20” counterstamp on the double dimes to avoid confusion. In the modern era, history repeated itself when the government introduced the Susan B. Anthony Dollar coin in 1979. As it was in the 19th century, many consumers confused that coin to the quarter which resulted in its rapid rejection.
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Because of this thread, I knew exactly what this was when I saw it at a coin show. I immediately bought it.

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ksparrow · Aug 13, 2019

great thread, very informative and beautiful double dimes. Here's my 75-P, imaged at an angle to show the coloring.

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