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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,150 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Byers said:
    @Zoins

    Here is an extremely unusual and unique denomination😉

    Dang!!!

    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • alefzeroalefzero Posts: 971 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No photo handy, but I only had one 20c piece in all of my years of collecting. And I got it in change at the A&P store around 1970. It was the only coin from my original collection that was not stolen too. Sent it to NGC years back and it graded a straight MS62. Funny thing is that the cashier noticed it was odd and gave me an additional nickel to square things up.

  • s4nys4ny Posts: 1,569 ✭✭✭

    In my opinion the $2.50 gold made more sense than the $3. I never bought the idea about the sheet of stamps.

  • ByersByers Posts: 1,578 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CaptHenway said:

    “Dang”!!!

    This was one of the most mind-blowing double denoms that I have ever handled!

    mikebyers.com Dealer in Major Mint Errors, Die Trials & Patterns - Author of NLG Best World Coin Book World's Greatest Mint Errors - Publisher & Editor of minterrornews.com.
  • ByersByers Posts: 1,578 ✭✭✭✭✭

    One of the other mind- blowing double denoms that I handled is the unique $2.5 1846 overstruck by $5 dies.

    When I owned it, PCGS designated it Proof 62. Eventually it was certified Mint State 65 by NGC. Then it crossed to PCGS!!

    mikebyers.com Dealer in Major Mint Errors, Die Trials & Patterns - Author of NLG Best World Coin Book World's Greatest Mint Errors - Publisher & Editor of minterrornews.com.
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,150 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @s4ny said:
    In my opinion the $2.50 gold made more sense than the $3. I never bought the idea about the sheet of stamps.

    The system was built upon multiples of ten. Ten cents made a Disme. Ten Dismes made a Dollar. Ten Dollars made an Eagle. Ten Quarter Dollars made a Quarter Eagle.

    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.

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