Silver three-cent pieces
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Silver Threepence of Charles II (1670-1684)
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Silver Three-Cent Pieces Type 3 1859-1873
In 1859, little more than a decade after the start of the California Gold Rush, new gold and silver bonanzas again captured the attention of the nation.
Silver three-cent pieces (Type 1) were first introduced in 1851 to facilitate the purchase of three-cent stamps.
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Silver Three-Cent Pieces (1851-1873)
In 1851 the silver three-cent piece made its appearance and became the smallest silver piece ever to be produced by the United States.
1851-53 SILVER THREE CENTS
TYPE 1
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Silver Three Cent Pieces 1851-1873
1861, Silver Three Cents, Choice Uncirculated, (ANACS MS-63), White! $315.00
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Silver three-cent
1851
The "O" mintmark is to the right of right of the Roman numeral "III" on the reverse. This was the only year three-cent pieces were struck by a branch mint.
The silver threepence is half the weight of a sixpence, but bear in mind that the percentage weight loss due to wear is higher (5 pounds face value of threepence is generally less heavy than the same face value of halfcrowns).
Most dates in the silver Three-Cents series are common, although mintages of most dates from 1863 to 1873 are very low. In 1873, only Proof examples were struck.
Trime - a U. S. silver three-cent piece, issued from 1851 to 1873
Type collecting - assembling a collection of one of each coin denomination and design
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The common name for the old silver threepences was "Joey". The word threepence would often be pronounced as though there was only a single middle "e", therefore "thre-pence".
Sixpences again are self explanatory, being worth six pence.
Meanwhile, in New York City in mid-July, 1862, there were no silver three-cent pieces, half dimes, or other coins of intrinsic value with which to buy a glass of soda or a mug of beer or a streetcar ride, ...
Also issued in Maryland were the silver threepence, sixpence and shilling pieces struck by Annapolis silversmith John Chalmers.
The goldsmith Schoepf mentions was John Chalmers, who coined silver threepence, sixpence, and shilling coins dated 1783.
Joey - Slang name for a silver threepence, after Joseph Hume.
Jubilee Coinage - Queen Victoria finally allowed new coins to be issued with a portrait other than her young head. These young head coins were issued from 1838-1887.
With silver three-cent pieces, coins don't always remain in position within the holder, even when you follow the directions for small coins. Large coins such as American Silver Eagles and Bust dollars can sometimes cause the holder to pop open.
fishscale: nickname for the silver Three-Cents issued from 1851-1873.
fixed price list: a published listing of a dealer's inventory, priced for sale.
flan: planchet, the blank piece of metal on which a coin is struck.
Threepence or fourpence. Especially a silver threepenny or fourpenny piece. Also a young child or animal, young kangaroo.
Groat:
Trifling amount. Fourpenny piece. Price of a short Hackney Carriage ride in early Victorian London.
The old silver threepence was rather too small to be handled conveniently, and there was general demand for a coin of a more manageable size.
Thrip Three-cent piece, employed as early as the late 1800s. Possibly first used to describe our silver three-cent pieces, for when the nickel three-cent pieces arrived in 1865, these latter were called nickels.
In succeeding reigns copper half and quarter-farthings were struck for the colony as were also silver three-halfpence.
In 1851, the postage rate decreased from 5 cents to three cents. To make it easier for people to purchase stamps, the government passed legislation to create the silver three-cent piece, or trime, as it was sometimes called.
The end result would be a coin that was small but thick so as to not be confused with silver denominations at the time including silver three-cent pieces, half-dimes and regular dimes.
sixpence, and one shilling; in 1787, goldsmith and silversmith Ephraim Brasher of New York issued several varieties of gold doubloons and a half doubloon; and in 1790, silversmith Standish Barry of Baltimore, Maryland issued a silver threepence.
Possibly first used to describe our silver three-cent pieces, for when the nickel three-cent pieces arrived in 1865, these latter were called "nickels.
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