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In
the history of the United States, plenty of coins and monetary
denominations have come and gone. Just ask anyone who's old enough to
know that a Susan B. Anthony is worth the same as a Sacajawea! Each of
the bygone coins has a story behind it. Have you ever heard of the
twenty-cent piece?
The shortest-lived circulated coin
in U.S. history, the twenty-cent piece only lasted from 1875 to 1878.
Once again, this was America attempting to keep parity with
Europe—France, in particular. Their twenty-franc piece was approximately
the same size and material as the twenty-cent piece, and so the two
could, in theory, be exchanged equally.
In reality, this was
almost never done. Though francs were a popular reserve currency at the
time, the average citizen didn’t have much of a need for a twenty cent
coin, especially since quarters were already well-established.
Some
of the coins on the list of ten lesser-known U.S. coins were never in
circulation, and some are still legal -although you probably won't see
them.
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