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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 321516, member: 4626&quot;]Yep, the 20 cent coin certaintly had the same obverse as quarters of them time, but the eagle was slightly different (not different enough though to stop complaints of it being too similar to a quarter, which caused it to have the shortest run of any coin series, and of any denomination, in US history, as far as federally minted coins go.)</p><p><br /></p><p>For one, the eagle wasn&#039;t even facing the same way.&nbsp; And it was smaller, slightly, and had a plain edge as opposed to a reeded one... </p><p><br /></p><p>Still the 20 cent piece was regarded as useless, and not counting proofs, was only minted for 2 years, with most of the second year&#039;s production having been melted down before ever leaving the mints.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anything but the 1875-S is extremely rare.&nbsp; Few of the Carson City mintages ever saw the outside of the mint before getting melted down.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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