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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2541374, member: 10461&quot;]There were <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-cent_piece_(United_States)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-cent_piece_(United_States)" rel="nofollow">two-cent pieces</a> in bronze from 1864 to 1873, yes.</p><p><br /></p><p>The silver three-cent pieces were struck from 1851-1873 and the nickel three-cent pieces from 1865 to 1889.&nbsp; Why the nation needed to strike two different versions of a not terribly useful denomination has some political &quot;special interest&quot; history to it.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-cent_piece_(United_States_coin)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-cent_piece_(United_States_coin)" rel="nofollow">Here- Wikipedia is your friend.</a> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(And there are of course a number of other fine references online.)</p><p><br /></p><p>No four-cent pieces or six-cent pieces, though there were <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_cent_(United_States_coin)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_cent_(United_States_coin)" rel="nofollow">half cents</a> before 1857 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-cent_piece_(United_States_coin)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-cent_piece_(United_States_coin)" rel="nofollow">twenty-cent pieces</a> from 1875-1878.&nbsp; Additionally, the five-cent coin was a small silver piece called a &quot;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_dime" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_dime" rel="nofollow">half dime</a>&quot; until 1873, which confusingly overlaps some with the nickel five-cent pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the use of Roman numerals, all things neoclassical were popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.&nbsp; If you look at the dates and ornamentation on building cornerstones of that era (and other forms of artistic decoration), you&#039;ll see lots of Greek and Roman themes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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