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Twenty-Cent Piece: Twenty cents not a quarter

This is twenty cents, not a quarter. Read the denomination on a Seated Liberty piece before choosing a silver-weight profile. This calculator profile uses 0.14468 fine troy ounce of silver per coin. Contained metal value is separate from collector value.

36 secondsAudio: English. Captions available in four languages. Choose captions in the video player.Reference photographs, not sale inventory.1876-CC twenty-cent design reference. Do not confuse this denomination with a quarter.
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  1. This is twenty cents, not a quarter. Read the denomination on a Seated Liberty piece before choosing a silver-weight profile.
  2. This profile contains zero point one four four six eight fine troy ounce of silver per coin.
  3. Five matching coins contain zero point seven two three four fine troy ounces. Multiply that total by the current silver spot price.
  4. Purity is already included. The exact issue and condition still matter for collector value.
  5. Choose the exact coin at NumisTrends dot net.

Photographs resized and cropped for display; coin details are not retouched. Heritage Auctions (photograph); U.S. Mint (coin) · CC BY 4.0 · License.

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