Does anyone here collect 3-cent pieces?

Of either persuasion? Or is that just not sexy?

If so, post them! I'd like to see.

 

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There may be a few, but the 3 cent piece bowed out quickly in the battle of the coins.

 

I really want at least one of each, but I'm waiting for a good example.

 

I have an 1865 one that I'll try and dig out and post. I think they're neat, and I really want some silver ones though.

 

Here's one I like from a current Teletrade auction...

 

There are two styles.

I hate the nickel ones, the design just seems to blah.

Now I love 3 cent silvers on the other hand.

Not my coin, but a BEAUTIFUL example.

 

Got a 1853 three cent piece. Would like to get more but they're not that cheap in better grades. I will post a picture when I take a photo of it.

 

I had one at one point...They are neat to own. Hopefully one day I find a nice 1851 O...

 

Here are a pair that I own-

MS66


PR66

 

I have the three different veriety's in the silver series and the nickel three-cent piece as well. I would have to go back to an old hard drive and pull the pictures for them. When I get a little time, I'll see if I can find them. They are either XF or AU grade for the silver pieces and MS for the nickel one. Those silver pieces must have had a tendancy to be misplaced or lost quite often. You could bend them in your hand they are so thin and small.

 

Only a couple, and I want MORE!! These fill a couple of my interests: retired coins and civil-war era coins.

 

There are a few collectors of three cent pieces around. I have a full set of the business strike trimes and the only nickel three cent I still need is the 1884.

 

I have 1- 1876 that I was going to put a hole in it for my "1876 Holed Type Set" less gold. It is too nice of a coin to put a hole in it. I'm still looking for one

 

Drill baby drill!!!

 

My two - I got them when I was working on my "first year of issue" set.





I've been tempted to work on a complete set of the 3 cent silvers.

 

Early and MS:



And actually much scarcer especially in circulated grades since they only minted 21K and most of them seemingly were snapped up by collectors and never circulated:

 

I don't do US coins generally, but I have turned up a number of these in the last few years here in the UK. (Mostly lost in bags of mixed coinage - none cost me much.) All these are long since sold on:

 

Here is my colorful example.....

 

This is the only trime I own. 1859.

A couple of older low quality photos or scans. I don't recall which.