Three Cents - Silver (1851-1873)
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Three Cents - Nickel (1865-1889)
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Two and Three Cents
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THREE CENTS
If you collect this interesting obsolete denomination by type please go to our U.S. Classic Type Coins web page for a listing of all Three cents types for your selection.
Three Cents - Silver: a teensy, tiny silver coin issued between 1851 and 1873 with a value of Three Cents. Also known as a "Fishscale" or "Trime." ...
Three Cents (Nickel) - Business Strike
Three Cents (Nickel) - Proof
Shield Nickel - Business Strike
Shield Nickel - Proof
Liberty Nickel - Business Strike
Liberty Nickel - Proof ...
Three Cents (Nickel)
External Links
CoinFacts.com Three Cents - Silver (1851-1873)
CoinResource.com Silver Three-Cent Pieces Type 1 1851-1853
CoinResource.com Silver Three-Cent Pieces Type 2 1854-1858
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1861 XF Three Cents Nice 3 Cent Coin N0708
1861 THREE CENT SILVER CIVIL WAR DATE AU GREAT COIN!!!
1860 3 CENT SILVER CERTIFIED NGC MS65 **TONED BEAUTY** ...
1865-89 NICKEL THREE CENTS
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three cent piece, or three cent coin - common term used for the US coin with the value of three cents. Two different metals were used for these coins back in the 1800's.
tail - the reverse or back side of a coin three cent piece - common term used for the US coin with the value of three cents. Two different metals were used for these coins back in the 1800's.
Select a Coin Type Colonials Half Cents (1793-1857) Large Cents (1793-1857) Flying Eagle and Indian Cents (1856-1909) Lincoln Cents (1909-to Date) Two and Three Cents Nickels (1864-1889) Shield and Liberty Nickels (1866-1913) Buffalo Nickels ...
Proof-65 RB I Nickel three cents. Proof-63. Pale golden highlights. A Proof-only date, just 2,350 pieces struck I Nickel five cents. Proof-66. Golden rose highlights. A Proof-only date, same mintage as the nickel three cents I Dime. Proof-63.
In that year, it passed the postal rate bill reducing the cost of mailing a letter from five cents to three cents.
When the postage rate was reduced from five cents to three cents in the early 1850's, simultaneously the mint initiated coinage of the tiny silver three-cent piece as a public convenience.
Ken Potter wrote to the US Mint back in 1985 and included three cents that appeared to be made of brass. He received a response that explained a condition in which the coins could be brass plated instead of copper plated, so some of you may have them.
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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.
A three cents silver coin proof 1863/2 in MS-67 is worth $10,000. Rarer dates are from 1863 to 1873. A star on the obverse and the roman numeral III on the reverse will tell you you're holding a piece of history.
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The buyer, knowing something about foreign exchange, correctly calculated that the German mark was worth about twenty-three cents in United States funds the note had a face value of $230.
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In the 1860s, powerful nickel interests successfully lobbied for the creation of new coins, which would be made of a copper-nickel alloy; production of such coins began in 1865 and were struck in two denominations - three cents and five cents (the ...
currency notes -- small paper substitutes for coins that were needed because the public was hoarding precious metals during the Civil War. The nickel three-cent piece was also useful in purchasing First Class stamps, which cost just three cents back ...
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