OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
The U. S. Mint actually made 20-cent coins in 1875 and 1876. In 1878, Congress ordered the coins out of circulation, and the Mint melted most of them down. What few 20-cent coins are left are now collector's items that go for a few hundred dollars. - Alonso del Arte, Oct 10 2017
REFERENCES
Joshua Zucker, Posting to Seq Fan mailing list, Nov 24 2005
LINKS
U. S. Mint, H.I.P. Pocket Change: Coin of the Month: 1876 Twenty-Cent Coin, March 2005.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,fini,full
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 24 2005
EXTENSIONS
200 added by J. Lowell, May 13 2014 (there's a $2 bill; it's just rare.)
STATUS
approved