Main Street Coin
Menu
  • About
  • Coins
    • Ancient Coins
    • Colonial Issues
    • Early Copper Coins
    • Half Cents
    • Large Cents
    • Small Cents
    • Two-Cent and Three-Cent Pieces
    • Nickels
    • Dimes
    • 20-Cent Pieces
    • Half Dollars
    • Silver Dollars
    • Timeless Gold Coinage
    • $1 Liberty Gold Coin
    • $2.50 Liberty Head Quarter Eagle
    • $2.50 Indian Head Quarter Eagle
    • $5 Liberty Head Half Eagle
    • $5 Indian Head Half Eagle
    • $10 Liberty Head Eagle
    • $10 Indian Head Eagle
    • $10 Gold Eagle
    • $20 Liberty Head Double Eagle
    • $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle
    • Traditional Commemoratives
    • Modern Commemoratives
    • Foreign Coins
  • Bullion
    • Gold American Eagle
    • Gold American Buffalo
    • Gold Canadian Maple Leaf
    • Gold South African Krugerrand
    • Gold Austrian Philharmonic
    • Gold Chinese Panda
    • Gold British Sovereign
    • Gold Swiss 20 Franc
    • Gold 100 Corona
    • Gold Mexican 50 Peso
    • Gold Australian Kangaroo
    • Gold Bullion Bars
    • Silver American Eagle
    • Silver Canadian Maple Leaf
    • Silver Australian Bullion
    • Silver Chinese Bullion
    • Silver Rounds
    • Silver Bullion Bars
    • 90% Silver U.S. Coins
    • Platinum Eagle
  • Sell Gold
  • MINT
  • Contact
    • Fairfield
    • Hyde Park

20-Cent Pieces

https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/twenty-cent2.jpg

Coin images courtesy of PCGS CoinFacts.

https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ancient-coins11.jpg

Ancient Coins
https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/colonial11.jpg

Colonial Issues
https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/early-copper-coins-copy11.jpg

Early Copper Coins
https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/braided-hair-half-cent11.jpg

Half Cents
https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/flowing-hair-large-cent11.jpg

Large Cents
https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/lincoln-cent-wheat11.jpg

Small Cents
https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/three-cent11.jpg

Two-Cent and Three-Cent Pieces
https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/buffalo-nickel11.jpg

Nickels
https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/barber-dime11.jpg

Dimes
https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/quarters11.jpg

Quarters
https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/barber-half-dollar11.jpg

Half Dollars
https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/morgan-dollar11.jpg

Silver Dollars
https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ten-dollar-gold11.jpg

Timeless Gold Coinage
https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/one-dollar-goldsmall2.jpg

$1 Liberty Gold Coin
https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/liberty_head_25_14101280o11.jpg

$2.50 Liberty Head Quarter Eagle
https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/idian_25_30016526o11.jpg

$2.50 Indian Head Quarter Eagle
https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/liberty_head_5_1890cc-half-eagle-obv11.jpg

$5 Liberty Head Half Eagle
https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/indian_5_1908-half-eagle-obv11.jpg

$5 Indian Head Half Eagle
https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/liberty_head_10_1859o-eagle-obv11.jpg

$10 Liberty Head Eagle
https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/indian_10_1933-eagle-obv11.jpg

$10 Indian Head Eagle
https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/10-gold-eagle11.jpg

$10 Gold Eagle
https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/liberty_head_20_1856o-double-eagle-obv1.jpg

$20 Liberty Head Double Eagle
https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/20-Saint-Gaudens.jpg

$20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle
https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/classic-commemorative1.jpg

Traditional Commemoratives
https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/modern-commemorative1.jpg

Modern Commemoratives
https://mainstreetcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/foriegn-coins1.jpg

Foreign Coins
In 1874, John P. Jones, the newly elected senator from Nevada, began advocating in Washington for the production of a 20-cent piece, which he thought might improve the economy of the Far West. Jones believed that Western businesses suffered due to a shortage of small change, and he was able to get the bill establishing the 20-cent piece approved by Congress.

However, design flaws plagued the coin from the outset. While it had a smooth edge unlike other coins, the size of the 20-cent piece was very similar to the size of the quarter. In addition, the obverse of the coin looked almost exactly the same as the obverse of the quarter. Due to its small size, the coin did not include the words “IN GOD WE TRUST” or “E PLURIBUS UNUM.”

This coin was minted from 1875 to 1878 only, due to general public confusion over its resemblance to the well-established quarter dollar. More than a million pieces were struck in its first year, but the mintage number dropped significantly by 1876. Only proof specimens were minted in 1877 and 1878. Today, even the least expensive 20-cent piece from 1875 is worth in excess of $100.

4942 Dixie Hwy (Route 4)
Fairfield, OH 45014
Map and Contact
3920 Edwards Road
Cincinnati, OH 45209
Map and Contact
© 2001 - 2023 Copyright Main Street Coin. All rights reserved.