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1876 Twenty Cents PCGS Proof 62

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,100.00 USD
1876 Twenty Cents PCGS Proof 62
<Our item number 124510><B>1876 Twenty Cents. PCGS graded Proof 62.</B> Mostly untoned with a hint of gold toning here and there. This example looks a little undergraded. Scarce, as only 1,260 Proofs struck <B>&#40;PCGS # 5304&#41;</B>. <BR><BR>Historic note: Life really wasn&#39;t any simpler &#34;in the good old days&#34; despite what myth-makers may tell you. The recent 2007 collapse of a highway bridge in Minnesota harkens back to the now almost forgotton Ashtabula Train Disaster of 1876. In December 1876, a Howe-truss bridge, near Ashtabula, Ohio, collapsed while a train with three passenger cars was crossing it. Howe-truss bridges were made from either wood or iron. This particular bridge was constructed of iron. The train and its passengers plunged sixty feet into a ravine and creek. The lamps and stoves used to light and heat the train cars quickly caught the wreckage on fire. Eighty-three people perished, with an additional sixty suffering various injuries, ranging from fractures to frostbite. <BR>Es timated Value &#36;1,000 - 1,100. <BR><BR>Our item number 124510<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/44jpegs/124510.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/44jpegs/124510N2.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/44jpegs/124510N3.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/44jpegs/124510N4.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>