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Two Cents, Three Cents & Half Dimes

  • 1838-1859 Seated Liberty Silver Half Dime Good

    1838-1859 Seated Liberty Silver Half Dime Good

    The Seated Liberty engraving was modeled off of Britannia, the figure shown on British coinage. The small 90% silver half dime was the five-cent denomination used from the 1790s until the 1860s when the first nickels were introduced into American...

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    1864-1873 Two Cent Shield Very Fine

    1864-1873 Two Cent Shield Very Fine

    This short-lived and long-obsolete coin was the first piece of U.S. coinage to bear the inscription of IN GOD WE TRUST. Because of coin shortages during the Civil War, the copper two-cent piece was introduced in 1864. As the conflict's terrible toll had...

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  • 1851-1873 Three Cent Silver Very Good

    1851-1873 Three Cent Silver Very Good

    As a result of penny shortages, in 1851 Congress authorized the issuance of silver three-cent pieces, or trimes. This new denomination was convenient for purchasing newly-issued three-cent stamps sold by the government. The obverse design featured a...

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    5 Different 1865-1889 Three-Cent Nickels Very Good

    5 Different 1865-1889 Three-Cent Nickels Very Good

    Obsolete for well over a century, the historic three-cent nickel piece was minted as a result of nationwide coin shortages caused by the hoarding of precious metals during the Civil War. Only 32 million ever existed; most were heavily circulated and the...

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    1864 & 1865 Two Cent Piece Pair Very Fine

    1864 & 1865 Two Cent Piece Pair Very Fine

    The years-long conflict of the American Civil War caused silver, gold and copper coins to all but disappear from circulation. Introduced in 1864, the peculiar bronze two-cent piece is noteworthy for the first appearance of the motto, IN GOD WE TRUST on a...

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    1875-S Seated Liberty Silver 20¢ Very Fine

    1875-S Seated Liberty Silver 20¢ Very Fine

    The short supply of five and ten cent pieces in the Old West during the 1870s gave birth to another oddity of U.S. coinage: the here-and-gone 1875-1878 Seated Liberty silver twenty cent coin. While the denomination made logical sense, its nearness in...

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