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Accordingly, he instructed James Crawford, Superintendent of the Carson City facility, to maintain ample supplies of the denomination on hand. Since many of the 133,290 Twenty Cent Pieces struck at Carson City in 1875 had already been released into circulation, Crawford authorized the production of another 10,000 pieces in 1876. Struck sometime during the first week of May, the majority of these coins remained in the Mint's vaults until May 19, 1877. On that day, Linderman wrote Crawford a letter in which he instructed the Superintendent to destroy all remaining Twenty Cent Pieces. Shortly thereafter, between 12,300 and 12,350 CC-mint Twenty Cent Pieces went into the melting pot, a total that included almost the entire mintage of the 1876-CC. Nevertheless, about a dozen specimens escaped destruction through the hands of Mint employees and/or Assay Commission members.

Ich seh gerade die Bilder sind niht so dolle. WIe bekomm ich das besser hin? Kann vielleicht jemand helfen?