Twenty cent piece

Well this one came up. And I felt like it was time to get my first. It has the lowball look that I like. And I couldn't quit looking at it. He really was at max asking price but it is hard to find this nice look. I estimate ag03. I prefer fair or poor but it is difficult to find one with this look.

 

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Nice Circam look.

 

I like it. Heavily circulated, obviously, but doesn't have the unsightly scratches and dents that detract from the eye appeal. I'd like to find one like it, I've never owned a 20¢ piece.

 

I probably spent more time hunting and shopping for my 1st $.20... more then a few year for sure... I've been on the prowl for another but owwwieee the prices lol. Might be a few more before I add that 2nd lol

Very very nice pickup

 

Looks about the same as my first one. I have a few others.

 

Yes that is what I look for in lowball. I don't want the obviously old cleaned, or scratched, or damaged. I wasn't necessarily looking for one but when I saw this one I knew i had to make it mine.

 

Yea that's why I wanted to get this now. I went looking over other examples and the last 90 days of sold examples. And for a lowball it's the nicest thing in the last 90.

 

And probably a few more you forgot about lol

 

Double dimes are hens teeth to begin with...Im very sorry I let go my only 1. I love the even wear. Good call

 

I got one in change back in the 50's. I recently gave it to my son who was born in 1975.

 

Nice. I like it.
Pure, honest wear.
I agree with AG-03.

 

That sir is very possible.

 

I love well used coins that lasted for their purpose.

 

My favorites too. Coins that had to work for a living have the best eye appeal.

 

Wow!

 

Here's a couple truview of a couple lowball bust halves i have. I found both and sent to pcgs for truview and grading. Just like I'm going to do with this twenty cent piece. It is difficult to find these like this. If you actually start looking around, they are few and far between. The 1824 graded po01 and got its bean. The 1807 is the small stars variety. It is the only fr02 (or was at the time of grading) this one hasn't been sent to CAC. And with his prices the way they are, may never go.

 

I like your style.

 

When JA opens his grading i think I'm going to toss this one his way!

 

Here is the best, highest grade, 20 cent piece I have. This one is graded MS-65, and it's "all there."



This series has fascinated me since I was high school. I collected the four regular issue dates with the stipulation that they needed to have a complete "LIBERTY."

I now have a complete set, Proof and Mint State, minus the 1876-CC. I have seen a couple of them. One was in "Auction '82" and was in fairly rough shape for one of those pieces. It "sold" for circa $20 grand. A dealer next to me said that it had been "bought in" a number of times at the major auctions.

I saw another at a Baltimore coin show. The price was $575,000, which was beyond my budget. It was a nice, bright white MS-65, and "all there" if you didn't mind the fact that it had been dipped.

I have heard a story that the surviving 1876-CC Twenty Cent Pieces were saved from the Assay Commission melt. I don’t know if that is true. I am only sorry that it is a permanent hole in my collection. BTW, all of the genuine 1876-CC double dimes have a doubled "LIBERTY."

 

Here are photos of the 1876-CC Twenty Cent Piece with the doubled "LIBERTY."