1858 PCGS AU50

1858 PCGS AU 50

Trime Trivia....Starting in 1854, the three cent silver had its silver metal content raised to 90% in order to encourage circulation. At the same time, its weight was reduced to 3/4 of a gram by reducing thickness. The coin went through a design change at the time such that two lines were now used to border the star on the obverse and an olive sprig was added above and a bundle of arrows below the Roman numeral III on the reverse.

This piece would be described as neither blast white nor toned dark...instead both obv and rev are a mid grey coloration (guess in the book 50 shades of grey I could find what shade it truly is)

A nice type coin for someone collecting xf-au pieces

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