3 Cents, Proof, United States, 1889
date: label: Date made
content: 1889
name: label: designer
content: Longacre, James Barton
label: mint
content: United States Mint
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 3 cent coin, proof
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1889
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Left-facing Liberty wearing a beaded coronet.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / LIBERTY / 1889
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Wreath.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: III
label: Description
content: The first three-cent pieces were created in response to a change in postal rates, and were made of silver. Though they are the tiniest silver coins ever produced by the US, they were hoarded as precious. To combat this, the government switched to copper-nickel alloy coins, such as this example. By 1889, postal rates had changed again, and the three-cent piece ceased production.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place of issue
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer: US Mint
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0441.1044
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0441.1044
label: accession number
content: 1985.0441
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper - nickel (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis measurement)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .9 mm x 17.5 mm; 1/32 in x 11/16 in