1875 s/s twenty cent piece

LanLord

I picked up a pretty nice twenty cent piece recently, nice color, nice condition (au) and an interesting mint mark.

I was wondering, is this a well known repunched mintmark in the twenty cent series?

eyoung429

WHOA! Nice doubling there!!!! Beautiful find.....don't have a RB with me nor a cherrypickers at work but that is SWEEEEEEET

Gonfunko

Yes, it is a rather well-known variety. I believe it's listed in Wexler's book on RPM's. I happen to have one myself, though in a much lower grade.

LanLord

Here is the whole enchilada, although you can't tell from this pic cuz it's from a scanner and the coins personality is sort of muted.

It really does have nicer colors than this image shows and some lustre too, it's not as flat as this looks

FC57Coins

Nice find Tom! And yes the S/S is a recognized variety for the 20centers. Congratulations!

shirohniichan

Hey, are you sure that's not mine?!

Coinosaurus

Kinda like the 1877-S/S in the quarter series. Whoever was punching the SF dies in Philadelphia was getting a little bit too creative.....

astrorat

Tom-

Nice find. The 75-S/S you picked up is the most popular variety of the series. Breen was the first to call the rpm a "$" mintmark due to the doubled serifs looking like a dollar sign. It is the most easily recognized of the rpms in the denomination. While some retailers will sell the coin for a 10-20% premium (which is appropriate based on its scarcity), these can be cherry-picked quite easily. To date, I have only been able to find that the "$" mintmark reverse is married (die married, that is) to an obverse with a misplaced date (below the 7) in the dentils. It is very difficult to tell from your photo, however.

Lane

P.S. Although you did not ask for grading opinions, you may wish to reconsider your grade of "AU" for the coin as that is a bit generous in my opinion.

LanLord

Yes, there is a 5 in the denticles.

As for ef vs au, i suppose, but in hand there is a pretty good amount of lustre left on this coin. I really is nice looking from that standpoint.

Lane, thanks for pointing out the miplaced date, I hadn't seen that before, but there it is, plain as day.

astrorat

Yep, I agree that you have a nice coin and it is likely better in hand. My comment was, of course, only based on the photo. Enjoy the coin as original high-end circulated twenty-cent pieces are getting harder to find . . . especially at decent prices.

Lane