Blanchard

The Twenty Cent Piece was a very short-lived series that was halted because the public complained about its size being so similar to the quarter (A mistake the Mint repeated with the Susan B. Anthony dollar). The denomination was minted for circulation only two years, 1875-1876 and for proof sets from 1875 to 1878.

The coin was said to be introduced to stop the short-changing in Western States but was probably a political decision to please the Western silver miners after the Mint eliminated some silver coins with the Mint Act of 1873.

The major rarity of this series is the 1876-CC with only 12 to 20 known.