Rarity in B&M sale held for 133 years

by Numismatic News on May 27, 2009

in Bowers and Merena, Coin Auctions, Numismatic News, Rare Coins

An 1876-CC 20-cent piece will highlight Bowers and Merena’s Baltimore Coin and Currency Convention auction slated for three-sessions June 11-12.

The coin is graded AU-58 by the Professional Coin Grading Service and the firm says it has a five-generation history. As B&M relates it, the 20-cent piece is one of 12-20 known. It was received in 1876 in circulation in Virginia City, Nev., by John Seagraves Pick...

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