Hello all! It's "Thrifty Thursday!". All Coins, Tokens and Medal on a small budget. I haven't purchased a coin in 4 years. I bought this coin about when I first quit cigarettes (been bad too many times). For everyone, collecting on a "budget" and being thrifty is my way of doing things numismatically speaking. I bought this coin for just $32! Not bad, huh? So, what level is your "thriftiness" and what is considered being just so? Won't you post your coins?
Most of my coins have been "thrifty." From circulation, dealer "junk" boxes, flea markets, etc. Here is one of four identical ones I was given for free from a bank's "mutilated" box. Some of mine might not have been thrifty then, but look thrifty now. I bought this for $5 in 1963:
The Series 681 $1 under $3 not in the best shape but thats ok Series 661 in much better shape under $15
My level of thrifty has gone higher over the years, but for this thread I'll set it at anything nice or interesting for under $100 and below Numismedia value. AU58 AU53, has the reverse transition type anomaly (rev of 1892-1899).
3 cents????What on earth was the purpose of paper currency was this? I've never seen such clownery. That's also during the Civil War. Why paper?
Same reasoning as the 3cent coins. It was used for postage stamps. Also, paper instead of coins because coins were horded in the Civil War and became functionally scarce. They also made 5 cents, 10 cents, 15 cents (like the 3 cents, a single issue), 25 cents, and 50 cents. Remember, in those days, a man worked hard for a dollar, or even 50 cents, a day (12 -14 hours), so 3 cents was a fair amount of money.
