Three-cent silver discussion

[RWB]

There is a high-quality discussion of 3-cent silver pieces on the PCGS board. The title is "(Silver) Trime Usage: 1863-1873"

[DaveG]

It's almost as much fun as the trime-$3 piece discussion that was recently resurrected from a few years ago.

 

 

 

edited to add: It is titled: "Update on survival percentage of $3 gold pieces (attn: Mr. Lustig)" and was last updated on May 23, 2013.

[RWB]

Sections 3 and 4 of the law relate directly to the 3-cent coin and required issuance of 3-cent stamps. The purpose was to avoid transactions in amounts that required cents or half-cents which were scarce in much of the country.

 

Reasons for the $3 gold coin are also known, but that requires presenting non-trivial information. Interested parties will have to wait for the article to be published.