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1999-P 25C Connecticut MS67 PCGS

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:2,900.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1999-P 25C Connecticut MS67 PCGS
<B>1999-P 25C Connecticut Quarter--Struck on an Experimental Planchet--MS67 PCGS.</B></I> The story behind these pieces is closely related to the advent of the Sacagawea dollar. By 1999, the once bountiful Treasury hoard of unreleased Susan B. Anthony dollars was depleted due to dispersal from Post Office and New York subway vending machines. A new small-sized dollar needed to be struck, this time with a gold-colored alloy so that it would not be mistaken for a quarter. Apparently, dollar-sized planchets were not yet available, and gold-coloring experiments were conducted instead on the various Statehood quarter types of 1999. Four experimental composition types are known, either with gold or greenish color, and with and without a copper core. All have the brassy yellow-gold color of a new Sacagawea dollar, but it is unknown whether they contain a copper core. Regardless, these are very rare, deliberately produced off-metal strikes that were not supposed to reach collector's hands. Sharply struck with rim irregularities, presumably because of some sort of collar problem. Superbly preserved surfaces.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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