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Pillar of the Community
United States
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They had a plain edge. Why, I don't know. Many collectors are unaware of this.
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Rest in Peace
United States
18456 Posts |
Oh well , I never bothered with them ; Boaring design and priced too high for my blood .  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
I was unaware of that.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
21584 Posts |
The reason for no reeds was to make it more distinguishable
between it and the quarter which was less than 3 mm larger.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3848 Posts |
You guys didn't know that?! The plain edge caught me off guard when I purchased my first one. Another strange feature on the Twenty Cent Piece is that LIBERTY on shield is raised, not incuse like all other seated designs. Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
735 Posts |
I own three of them and never noticed I've been collecting for a couple years... Favorite Coin's are Standing Liberty quarters, Working on my type set | Coffee, Corvettes, Coins & the CCF what could be better? |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
The raised "Liberty" is a better-known feature, I think.
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Moderator
 United States
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How about a picture of one? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
697 Posts |
A day without fine wine and working on your coin collection is like a day without sunshine! My collecting "Pride & Joy" is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set: https://www.PCGS.com/setregistry/ty...edset/213996Edited by Winesteven
06/30/2022 9:49 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Come on guys, all coins have a third side!! I was just about to head for bed, but decided to crack the safe just to photograph the edge. Here is an Twenty Cent Piece pictured next to a Seated quarter.  Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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United States
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Does that make it the largest circulating silver U.S. coin without a reeded or lettered/designed edge? The only other one I can think of off the top of my head is the Three Cent Silver. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
697 Posts |
Thanks @jacrispies. That's one of the disadvantages of slabs - it's tough to see the edge!
Steve
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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I own one 20 cent coin. But I have never noticed such features, especially I was struck by the shield and the words "liberty".
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Winesteven
That is one seriously amazing 20 cent piece. Thank you for sharing
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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On the subject of differentiating coins, they even experimented with using various hole shapes. I recall something about an emphasis on blind people (the reeded versus plain edge would have helped with that), but I can't recall where I read it. From a BCCS journal article:  |
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United States
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Quote:
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That is one seriously amazing 20 cent piece. Thank you for sharing @jfransch, thanks for your kind words. Once I completed my Dansco 7070, I like putting "small" sets together, so here's a hotlink to my four coin 20 Cent set: https://www.PCGS.com/setregistry/u-...edset/246173Steve Edited by Winesteven
07/01/2022 1:28 pm
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