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Metal detectorist Mike DeLucia recently had the good fortune to find an intriguing early American Bar copper one day in a Connecticut town.

There are three die marriages of the 1797 Capped Bust Eagle gold coin with Heraldic Eagle reverse, each of differing rarity and value.

Struck from 1859 through 1873, the Type 3 Three-Cent Silver coin was the last revision and lowest mintage of the Three-Cent Silver design.

The United States twenty cent coin (often called a twenty cent piece) was a unit of currency equalling 1/5th of a United States dollar.

Starting in 1965, the Roosevelt Dime was struck on a copper-nickel clad planchet. The design of the dime is unchanged since 1946.

The 1965 Washington Quarter is the first clad-quarter struck by the United States Mint. It it surprisingly valuable in high grade.

The Washington Quarter was issued in 1932 to mark the bicentennial of George Washingtons birth. Its design selection caused controversy.

The 1964 Washington Quarter Proof was the last 90% silver quarter Proof from second period of Modern Proof coin production (1950-1964).

The 1932-D Washington quarter was struck at the Denver Mint and has a mintage of just 426,800 pieces. It is the key to the series.

The 1935-D Washington Quarter is the scarcest of the three Washington quarters struck in 1935. Values increase dramatically in high grades.