Half Coins » Carson City Mint http://www.halfcoins.com a blog for coin collectors Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:19:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 20 cent silver coin sold for $500,000 http://www.halfcoins.com/108/20-cent-silver/ http://www.halfcoins.com/108/20-cent-silver/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:50:22 +0000 Half coins http://www.halfcoins.com/?p=108

The Carson City Mint struck 10,000 1876-CC 20-cent pieces, but only  18 or 20 of them survived after workers melted the rest.   The following year this denomination was discontinued, making it the shortest series in US history.   The Nevada Appeal reports that a Reno coin dealer has just purchased an example for half a million dollars.

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