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VOLUME 134 NOVEMBER 2021

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COVER STORY Photo: PCGS CoinFacts (Coin) & Getty Images/Tammyasian

Proof Capped Bust Coins: A Discussion on Rarity The exact number of surviving examples is unknown, but data from grading services provides an estimate of these elusive pieces. Joseph Lamonte

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COMMEMORATIVES James Haney

MINTS & MINTING R.W. Julian

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FEATURES

Susan B. Anthony and the Isabella Quarter Myth New research challenges the idea that the famed suffragist helped to bring about the well-known 25-cent piece.

U.S. Mint Expense Warrants, 1814-17 Purchases made by the Philadelphia coining facility ranged from workers’ wages and window panes to horses and copper planchets.

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