3 Cents "Three Cent Nickel"

Features

Issuer	United States
Period	Federal republic (1776-date)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1865-1889
Value	3 Cents (0.03 USD)
Currency	Dollar (1785-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel (.750 copper, .250 nickel)
Weight	1.94 g
Diameter	17.9 mm
Thickness	1.15 mm
Shape	Round
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Number	N# 5336 Numista type number (https://numista.com)
References	KM# 95 Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14^th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA. And 4 more volumes.

Obverse

Female portrait left, date below

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1885

Engraver: James Barton Longacre

Designer: James Barton Longacre

Reverse

Roman numerals within wreath

Lettering: III

Engraver: James Barton Longacre

Designer: James Barton Longacre

Edge

Plain

Mint

United States Mint, Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)

Comments

1873

1887

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	Frequency
Undetermined
1865	11 382 000	$ 11	$ 16	$ 15	$ 21	$ 44		$ 172	45%
1865	500								0.5%	Proof
1866	4 801 000	$ 9.37	$ 19	$ 8.69	$ 26	$ 40			25%
1866	725								0.7%	Proof
1867	3 915 000		$ 18	$ 19	$ 21	$ 24	$ 31		20%
1867	625								0.5%	Proof
1868	3 252 000		$ 10	$ 13	$ 25				16%
1868	600								0.4%	Proof
1869	1 604 000		$ 12		$ 28				10%
1869	600								0.4%	Proof
1870	1 335 000		$ 18	$ 20	$ 28	$ 28			8%
1870	1 000								0.3%	Proof
1871	604 000				$ 25				4%
1871	960								0.3%	Proof
1872	862 000			$ 6.88	$ 21				6%
1872	950								0.3%	Proof
1873	390 000								2%	Closed 3
1873	783 000		$ 18		$ 23				5%	Open 3
1873	1 100								0.4%	Proof (closed 3)
1874	790 000	$ 6.17		$ 18					5%
1874	700								0.3%	Proof
1875	228 000				$ 19				2%
1875	700								0.3%	Proof
1876	162 000								1.9%
1876	1 150								0.3%	Proof
1877	900								0.3%	Proof only
1878	2 350								0.4%	Proof only
1879	38 000								1.1%
1879	3 200								0.3%	Proof
1880	21 000								0.7%
1880	3 955								0.3%	Proof
1881	1 077 000				$ 22	$ 24			11%
1881	3 575								0.3%	Proof
1882	22 200								0.8%
1882	3 100								0.3%	Proof
1883	4 000								0.5%
1883	6 609								0.5%	Proof
1884	1 700								0.3%
1884	3 942								0.3%	Proof
1885	1 000								0.5%
1885	3 790								0.3%	Proof
1886	4 290								0.5%	Proof
1887	5 001								0.5%	(fr) Très rare
1887	2 960								0.3%	Proof, overdate 7/6 or 87/86
1888	36 501								1.6%
1888	4 582								0.4%	Proof
1889	18 125								0.9%
1889	3 436								0.4%	Proof

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