A three cent piece thread

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Nice toning and cool die clash! A true stunner.

 

This was a gift from my wife when I started collecting years ago.

 

this one has some purdy color on the obv:

 

planchet flaw near the date

 

Thanks! The 3CN came from Mark Feld originally, then LeeG, then me.

 

Would anyone be willing to donate images of a Type II silver 3c for Wikipedia purposes? Mint state grade or pretty close, and untoned preferably, plus a quality image would be good. If you are, I would send you an email asking if you are willing to release the images under a Creative Commons license and forward your reply to our permissions (OTRS) people. You can have credit or not as you please. Also a 1851-O, same deal. We have a poor article on the denomination, a very good one on the three-cent nickel, and I'd like to get writing on the three-cent silver article but won't without the images in place.

I write for Wikipedia also under Wehwalt, a list of my Featured Articles there can be found

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wehwalt/Sandbox1 (the link is doing funny things so you may have to cut and paste)

I also wrote an article for The Numismatist last November for which I will receive a third-place Heath Literary Award next week, so I'm legit.

 

nice counterfeit!!

 

is this for sale?

 

you have to ask ldhair

Not my coin

 

how do you figure that??

 

I *love* the nickel 3c pieces and have a small collection of proof cameos, 65 and up. Unfortunately they are at the bank or I'd take pictures. Next time I'm there I'll try and grab a few shots.

I'm hoping to someday complete that set along with my 20c pieces (though the 76CC will be tough).

 

Larry, sad to say, but that's a contemporary counterfeit. In fact, it's possibly an earlier die state of mine...

 

The easiest diagnostic is that the lines of the star don't meet. Other points: the font on the digits is off (especially the 8) and the lettering isn't even (S of States and the space between the C and A of America).

 

wrong coin, deacon stated coin in post #10 counterfeit..

 

I know.

I love that people share knowledge on these forums, but it irks me to no end when people make flat statements and don't share the 'why'. I get that sometimes it's a function of "I just know" because I've seen 1000 coins. But mostly, if you don't share the why, you aren't sharing as much knowledge as you could...

 

No they are obviously from different dies.