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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 3162453, member: 59677&quot;]Freaking awesome!</p><p><br /></p><p>The story is that after the war silver $0.03 production never really picked back up because the copper nickel $0.03 was introduced in 1865. So they produce just enough to say the coin was being produced but there wasn&#039;t any demand for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>When the weight of silver coins were adjusted in 1873... [which you can Google is the crime of 73 although frankly the crime is somebody thinking that they could dictate through legislation the value ratio between silver and gold] - anyway the mint melted all of the obsolete and incorrect weight coins on hand. This included most of the three cent silver&#039;s from 1863 through 1872.</p><p><br /></p><p>So to get a true handle on the Rarity you need to look less at the mintage and more at the estimated survival.</p><p><br /></p><p>1863... mintage 21,000 .... est. survival (all grades) 500</p><p>1864... mintage 12,000 ... est. survival 500</p><p>1865... 8,000 &amp; 400</p><p>1866... 22,000 &amp; 600</p><p>1867... 4,000 &amp; 300</p><p>1868... 3,500 &amp; 200</p><p>1869... 4,500 &amp; 300</p><p>1870... 3,000 &amp; 500</p><p>1871... 3,400 &amp; 800</p><p>1872... 1,000 &amp; 100</p><p><br /></p><p>So however you want to look at it these are very rare coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The price guys are unadulterated garbage but for whatever reason there&#039;s no interest in adjusting the prices... </p><p><br /></p><p>A dealer in the Northwest bought over-the-counter 4 coins of a single year over a space of about 2 years and submitted them to PCGS. 2 XF40s, an XF45 and an XF details. And I know he sold them between 1200 and 1450... despite a price guide that says like 800.</p><p><br /></p><p>The NGC price guide says 1250 without differentiating for the star.</p><p><br /></p><p>The last auction sale was an XF details that sold in March for $660. The rest of the auction records are all mint State coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS guide lists more auctions, but none current either.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 2015 AU55 sale description said &quot;wholesale price 525&quot; but sold for $4,700.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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