Years
Designer
William Barber
Composition
90% silver, 10% copper
Diameter
22 mm
Mass
5 g
Thickness
1.5 mm
Edge
Plain
Mints
Philadelphia, San Francisco, Carson City
Metal
Silver
Design
Seated Liberty adapted from the quarter; reverse a standing eagle by Barber. Plain edge was supposed to distinguish it from the quarter. It did not.
History
A western-states experiment to make change for a silver dollar without using the half. The public confused it with the quarter, and the denomination died in four years. 1876-CC is a major rarity (a few dozen); 1877–78 are proof only.
Key dates
Varieties
1876-CC · 1876-CC twenty cent
design · stopper
12 issues