1868 THREE CENTS - SILVER
PCGS Nos: 3688, 3718
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 3,500
Proofs: 600
Designer: James
Barton Longacre
Diameter: ±14.3
millimeters
Metal content:
Silver - 75%
Copper - 25%
Weight: ±12.4
grains (±.8 grams)
Edge: Plain
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia, PA) just right of the opening of the C on the reverse.
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Images courtesy of Superior
Galleries
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-66's.
The finest Proof example graded by PCGS is a single PR-67.
The finest Proof Cameo examples graded by PCGS are 5 PRCA-65's.
Recent appearances:
Proof-67 (illustrated above)
- Superior 10/2000:4193, $1,150.00
NGC Proof-65
- Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part
III", May 21, 2001, Lot 1374, illustrated, sold for $920.00
Proof-64. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Santa Clara Signature Sale", November 16-17,
2000, Lot 5166, not illustrated, sold for $776.25
Proof-64
- Bowers and Merena 10/2000, Lot 411, $333.50
Proof-63 Questionable
toning. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000
Signature Sale", August 6-7, 2000, Lot 5459, not plated, sold for $299.00
EF-40
- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale",
October 5-7, 2000:6692, $345.00
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The Professional Coin
Grading Service
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