Today, we celebrate National Dollar Day. It was 226 years ago today (1786)
that the Continental Congress established the monetary system.

1959

The U.S. twenty-cent piece was created at the urging of Senator John Percival
from Nevada. Jones represented the silver miners of the Comstock Lode and
was hoping to increase U.S. silver exports.

The twenty cent coin had one of the shortest mintages and lowest circulation
in US coin history, its mintage for general circulation ceased only two years it
began, for both the series and the denomination. It was minted from 1875 to
1878, but was only released for circulation in 1875 and 1876, with only a few
hundred proofs released during the remaining two years, It was too easily
confused with the quarter.

The 1876-CC twenty-cent piece (shown above) 
is a major rarity, with one such piece having
sold for $460,000 at a Heritage Auction held in
April of 2009.

 
     
       Susan Brownell Anthony (February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) 
 

Susan B. Anthony was a prominent American civil rights leader who played a vital 
role in the 19th century women’s rights movement to introduce women’s suffrage
into America. She was co-founder of the first Women’s Temperance Movement.

She also co-founded the women’s rights journal, The Revolution.She was one of
the important advocates in leading the way for women’s rights to be acknowledged
and instituted in the American government.

The Susan B. Anthony dollar coin

Sam’l Rosenblatt & Co. was located on the Corner of SW 3rd and Morrison