The $120 Million Bicentennial Quarter: This Coin Will Change Your Life
Decade-old "$120 Million Bicentennial Quarter" urban legend. Mythology says a 1976 US Bicentennial quarter was accidentally made with valuable markings or flaws.
Most accounts say that these quarters were struck on top of a 1941 Canadian quarter, making a very rare coin worth millions of dollars.
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Some of these coins are said to have made it into circulation, and the lucky people who found them became millionaires right away.
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That being said, there isn't any solid proof that such a valuable coin exists. It is not known if the U.S.
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Mint has any Bicentennial quarters that were struck over Canadian quarters or any other valuable mistakes.
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Numismatic experts have also disproved the myth, saying that while there are mistakes and variations in collecting coins, the "$120 Million Bicentennial Quarter" is completely made up.
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There's been talk about the $120 Million Bicentennial Quarter story for a long time. It's an interesting premise,
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and people like the idea of finding treasure in everyday things. I learned that it's important to think things through and be skeptical when people say things that sound too good to be true.