3 Cents, United States, 1856
date: label: Date made
content: 1856
name: label: mint
content: United States Mint
label: designer
content: Longacre, James Barton
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 3 cent coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1856
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Shield within a six-point star.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse: Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 1856
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Roman numeral three with an olive branch above and arrows below, all within a beaded C. 13 stars around edge.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: C / III
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0249.0003
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0249.0003
label: accession number
content: 1990.0249
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (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: .4 mm x 12.1 mm; 1/32 in x 15/32 in