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GEM MATTE SURFACES. MINTAGE OF 165 COINS. LESS THAN 100 SPECIMENS BELIEVED TO EXIST TODAY IN ALL GRADES. ONLY FOUR COINS GRADED HIGHER AT PCGS. In 1913, President Woodrow Wilson triggered the explosion of theGamboa Dike, sending water flooding into the now-complete Panama Canal. Thecompletion of the 48-mile-long waterway connected the Atlantic and PacificOceans, bypassing the need to sail the treacherous journey around Cape Horn.This 1913 quarter eagle recalls the completion of one of the greatestengineering feats of the 20 th century. <o:p></o:p>