It’s dated 1865 so it qualifies as one. A decent looking three cent piece also known as a Trime. Over 11 million minted so not to rare. I’ve owned this coin for 15 years so a definite winner.
No, that's not "a trime." Trime was the name for the Silver Three Cent piece. But yes, that is a Civil War era coin. It was introduced to replace these three cent notes. Light background behind Washington The scarcer dark background behind Washington.
@johnmilton Not sure what I was thinking. It old age is starting to set in or my wife was talking about something I could care less about, which is usually the case. Lol Thank you for the correction. Too late to edit and change it.
While not a trime, they were the original "nickel", called that before the copper nickel five cent piece was introduced.
2 cent coin found at a Black civil war site. The man who died at age 21 was a Black civil war volunteer for the Union forces. Found three that particular day.
