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    Curious - Have you Or someone you know ever found....

    Just out of curiosity, Has anyone here or you know ever found a 20cent silver coin? Now there would be a find of a lifetime.. I didn't even know there were 20cent coins till last night.
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    That's a great question! I have never seen one posted on any of the fourms I have been on that I recall but I am sure they are found but are extremely rare!

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    That would be a great find! I don't know of anyone that has found one.

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    Extremely rare to find a 20 cent piece. You have to be in an area that had a major release of them when they were first minted. Then someone has to lose one. Then you have to be detecting an area that was really popular around 1875ish, that is still an un-hit site. Then you actually have to put your coil over that little target lol. Add in the fact that they were confused by the size (close to a quarter) and were not real popular and you have a hard to find coin indeed!!!! I wish I could find one of those.
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    those are a cool and unusal denomination for a coin and is on my list to find.
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    I have yet to find one of those babies. It would make a wonderful find, no doubt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by coinnut View Post
    Extremely rare to find a 20 cent piece. You have to be in an area that had a major release of them when they were first minted. Then someone has to lose one. Then you have to be detecting an area that was really popular around 1875ish, that is still an un-hit site. Then you actually have to put your coil over that little target lol. Add in the fact that they were confused by the size (close to a quarter) and were not real popular and you have a hard to find coin indeed!!!! I wish I could find one of those.
    Boy coinnut, you .. umm. .. you really are a glass 1/2 empty kind of guy lol But a least your honest about the realistic possibilities of finding one
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    Quote Originally Posted by catskillcomics View Post
    Boy coinnut, you .. umm. .. you really are a glass 1/2 empty kind of guy lol But a least your honest about the realistic possibilities of finding one
    Ummm.... That was the glass half full version lol lol You should here me when It's really empty
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    That's the next coin I'm going to find.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Epi-hunter View Post
    That's the next coin I'm going to find.
    Anyone taking bets on that one.... I'm in lol Hope you do find one and then tell us where you found it so we can have one too Would be the story of the month, if not the year.
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    Quote Originally Posted by coinnut View Post
    Anyone taking bets on that one.... I'm in lol Hope you do find one and then tell us where you found it so we can have one too Would be the story of the month, if not the year.
    Such a 'glass is half empty' guy lol

    Sorry, couldn't resist

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    Quote Originally Posted by Epi-hunter View Post
    Such a 'glass is half empty' guy lol

    Sorry, couldn't resist
    Who cares about the glass half empty, as long as my finds pouch is half full lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by coinnut View Post
    Ummm.... That was the glass half full version lol lol You should here me when It's really empty
    LMAO lol lol lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by catskillcomics View Post
    Boy coinnut, you .. umm. .. you really are a glass 1/2 empty kind of guy lol But a least your honest about the realistic possibilities of finding one
    you guys got it all wrong he hasn't graduated to a real glass yet , i was told by a reliable source he's still uses a sippy cup . lol

    and its only half empty of course
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    Quote Originally Posted by del View Post
    you guys got it all wrong he hasn't graduated to a real glass yet , i was told by a reliable source he's still uses a sippy cup . lol
    I thought we agreed that you wouldn't mention my sippy cup if I didn't mention your diapers?? lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by coinnut View Post
    I thought we agreed that you wouldn't mention my sippy cup if I didn't mention your diapers?? lol
    lol lol lol wow , now thats really hitting below the belt George , and thats only because that one time i got alittle too excited about a great find i found . :-\ lol lol lol

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    Re: Curious - Have you Or someone you know ever found....

    I;ve never found one but have had one on my wish list to find since I started detecting....also would love to find a silver 3 center which is another rare find. The 20 centers were only minted between 1875-1878 and only the 1875 S had a mintage of over a million coins at 1,155,000 minted. 1875CC had a mintage of only 133,290 and the rest had mintages of under 37,000 so there weren;t many in circulation to have people lose. Myself I wanna find the 1876CC which is worth over $125,000 in MS60...

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    Re: Curious - Have you Or someone you know ever found....

    Not yet, ÇÇ, but someday... someday.

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    I believe I saw a post in the last 2 years on one of the forums where someone posted he had found a 20 cent coin.A couple,2, if I remember right other people had also stated they found .20 centers.I found a silver Washington quarter that was hit by a lawnmower.It was about a .20 center,that's all that was left,smile.Bill

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    lol too funny
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