1849 Three-Cent

HBCC#:

6015

Breen#:

n/a

BD#:

n/a

Judd#:

111

Pollock#:

125

Two different varieties of 1849 “Liberty Seated” three-cent silver coins were produced, differing in their reverse design. This example has a large “3” as its reverse design. The other design has a Roman numeral III. These design differences were intended to distinguish between two slightly different compositions. The obverse die matches that used for the 1849/8 Valentine-4 half dimes. Examples of the same design displayed here were minted in a 50-50 composition, with equal proportions of copper and silver. Others with the Roman numeral III were issued with 60% silver and 40% copper.

Provenance:

Purchased from Lee F. Hewitt, April 1972.

Obverse:

Standard Liberty Seated half dime obverse of the regular-issue circulation strikes of the date.

Reverse:

Numeral 3 at center of plain field, dentils at rim.

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