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100 Greatest U.S. Modern Coins Series: 2000 Sacagawea Dollar/Washington Quarter Mule

Error coins are rare in the numismatic business in the sense that when they are made, whether, by a natural occurrence or a creation of sorts, they become valuable. Rarities are created by either a specific single event or a series of events. The importance of the rarity and where it stacks up among all the coin strikes out there is most generally determined by the story behind it.

In our journey exploring the 100 Greatest United States Modern Coins as published by Whitman Publishing, this next coin, as described by authors Scott Schechter and Jeff Garrett, is among the most important. Along with other influential coin dealers across the country, we will examine this top-five choice in the series’ fourth...read more