1859 3cS

Coin / United States of America / 1859 / Philadelphia / 3-Cent Silver / 3cS

The 1858 Three Cent Silver is the first year of the final design type for its series. Type 3 reduced and removed certain aspects of the design to help with clash-marks and striking. The 1858 is very common up through MS64 with MS65 and MS66 being tougher to find. MS67 and finer would be considered very rare.

coinage-type Three cent silver
desg MS
designer James B. Longacre
diameter 14
edge Plain
fineness 0.9
material 0.9 silver; 0.1 copper
mintage 364,200
ngc-id 22Z8
obverse-description A six-pointed star with a harp in the center is surrounded by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA on the periphery and the date positioned at the bottom. For the type III issues (1859-73) there is a single frame line around the star.
pcgs-link 3677
pcgs-number 3677
reverse-description The roman numeral III is centered in the design ensconced in a large, bejeweled letter C surrounded by 13 stars on the periphery. An olive sprig is added above the roman numerals.
weight-grams 0.75
weight-ounces 0.02646
year-display 1859-1873