United States three cent piece was a unit of currency equaling 3⁄100 of a United States dollar. The mint produced two different three-cent coins for circulation:...
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The copper-nickel three-cent piece, often called a three-cent nickel piece or three-cent nickel, was designed by US Mint Chief Engraver James B. Longacre...
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The two-cent piece was produced by the Mint of the United States for circulation from 1864 to 1872 and for collectors in 1873. Designed by James B. Longacre...
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The three-cent silver, also known as the three-cent piece in silver or trime, was struck by the Mint of the United States for circulation from 1851 to...
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authorized a silver three-cent piece so that postage stamps of that value could be purchased without using the widely disliked copper cents. Two years later...
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The American twenty-cent piece is a coin struck from 1875 to 1878, but only for collectors in the final two years. Proposed by Nevada Senator John P. Jones...
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Nickel (United States coin) (redirect from 5-cent piece (United States))
successful introduction of two-cent and three-cent pieces without precious metal, Congress also authorized a five-cent piece consisting of base metal; the...
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Penny (United States coin) (redirect from US One Cent Piece)
U.S. Mint's official name for the coin is "cent" and the U.S. Treasury's official name is "one cent piece". The colloquial term penny derives from the...
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two-cent piece and three-cent silver in 1873, the cent and the three-cent nickel were the sole survivors of the coins valued at less than five cents. The...
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The Flying Eagle cent is a one-cent piece struck by the Mint of the United States as a pattern coin in 1856 and for circulation in 1857 and 1858. The coin...
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include the silver and nickel three-cent pieces, the Shield nickel, the pattern Washington nickel, and the two-cent piece. In 1866–1867, he redesigned...
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Liberty Head nickel (category Five-cent coins of the United States)
designs for proposed one-, three-, and five-cent pieces, which were to bear similar designs. Only the new five-cent piece was approved, and went into...
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Shield nickel (category Five-cent coins of the United States)
The Shield nickel was the first United States five-cent piece to be made out of copper-nickel, the same alloy of which American nickels are struck today...
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RegionsAir Three-cent piece 3C (trade association) is an American trade association. In computing: Three Cs (Compulsory, Capacity, and Conflict), three categories...
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in the United States from 1793 to 1857. The half-cent piece was made of 100% copper and half of a cent, or one two-hundredth of a dollar (five milles)...
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1992 (along with the one-cent piece). It is still counted as legal tender, but is subject to some restrictions, and two-cent coins are legal tender only...
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Mint to reduce the quantity of silver in all denominations except the three-cent piece and silver dollar. Beginning in the 1860s, silver production rose and...
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The Lincoln cent (sometimes called the Lincoln penny) is a one-cent coin that has been struck by the United States Mint since 1909. The obverse or heads...
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Penny (Canadian coin) (redirect from Canadian cent coin)
coin worth one cent, or 1⁄100 of a dollar. According to the Royal Canadian Mint, the official term for the coin is the one-cent piece, but in practice...
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Quarter (Canadian coin) (redirect from Canadian 25-cent coin)
to the Royal Canadian Mint, the official name for the coin is the 25-cent piece, but in practice it is usually called a "quarter", much like its American...
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The United States large cent was a coin with a face value of 1/100 of a United States dollar. Its nominal diameter was 11⁄8 inch (28.57 mm). The first...
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Threepence (redirect from Three pence)
(disambiguation) British twenty-five pence coin Fifty pence (disambiguation) Three-cent piece, a United States coin This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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was placed on the new two-cent piece in 1864. The Act of March 3, 1865, that authorized the copper-nickel three-cent piece also required the motto to...
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Three-cent nickel: 3¢, 1865–1889 Trime (Three-cent silver): 3¢, 1851–1873 Half dime: 5¢, 1792–1873 Twenty-cent piece: 20¢, 1875–1878 Silver dollar: $1.00...
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Canceled denominations of United States currency (redirect from Two and a half cent coin (United States))
24, 2019. Yeoman 2014, p. 123. Yeoman 2014, p. 375. "Mint proposed 2.5-cent piece in 1916". Coin World. Retrieved March 22, 2019. "J1724/P1934". uspatterns...
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lesser known pattern coin designs include the trial copper-nickel cent, trial three-cent piece, and the $4 Stella "Flowing Hair" pieces. He was strongly critical...
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Half dime (category Five-cent coins of the United States)
for use in coinage successfully lobbied for the creation of new three and five cent coins, which would be made of a copper-nickel alloy; production of...
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with him personally. Beginning in 1849, there were calls for a silver three-cent piece, and pattern coins were struck at the Philadelphia Mint. Longacre's...
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circulate. Some, like the half-cent coin were removed due to inflation reducing their value while others such as the two-cent piece were removed due to a lack...
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according to their value (e.g. "10-cent piece"), but in practice only the 50-cent piece is known by that name. The three smallest coins are known by the...
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