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Type coin refers to a way of collecting, meaning one example of each type
of coin not on a particular coin. So the term obsolete, meaning no longer
in use today, fits this category better.
When United States coins were first produced in 1793, our standard coin was
the silver dollar. The United States Mint produced the rest of our coins
three cent and above in a proportionate metallic content to the
dollar, with the sizes regulated accordingly.
The half dime or five cent denomination had one twentieth the
amount of silver contained in the dollar. Our ten cent coin contained one
tenth the amount, the quarter dollar coin contained one forth the amount,
and the half dollar coin contained one half the amount of silver contained
in the dollar.
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Coins like the half cent, two cent and three cent piece may seem strange
today but the denominations were logical and of benefit to everyday commerce
at a time when United States and Spanish coins circulated concurrently.
The Spanish dollar also known as the piece of eight reales which was legal tender in the United States until 1857, was divided into eight reales, also called "bits", each real is equivalent to (twelve and a half cents) people became accustomed to goods priced in terms of the Spanish real or bit and its fractions and multiples. The expression two bits refers to a quarter. Some coins like the half cent, about the size of a present day nickel and the large cent, nearly the size of a half dollar, made of solid copper, became obsolete because of inflation. The two cent piece, struck in 1864 in copper, is about the size of a present day nickel. The three cent piece, was coined first in silver and later in nickel from 1851 through 1889, it was issued as a convenient way of purchasing postage stamps. Half dimes made in silver were issued from 1794 to 1873. They were eventually replaced by the nickel five cent piece first minted in 1866.
When viewing pictures please use the Type: Coronet, Issued: 1816-1857 Designer: Robert Scot Approximate. Diameter: 28-29 mm, Edge: Plain Mints: Philadelphia Composition: Copper Total weight 10.89 grams
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Type: Nickel, Issued: 1865-1889 Designer: James B. Longacre Diameter: 17.9 mm, Edge: Plain Mints: Philadelphia Composition: .750 Copper, .250 Nickel Total weight 1.94 grams
1865
Three Cent Piece, Grades Fine, Even gray color problem free coin.
Type: Liberty Seated, Issued: 1837-1873 Designer: Christian Gobrecht Diameter: 15.5 mm, Edge: Reeded Mints: Philadelphia, New Orleans, San Francisco
Variety 2 - Stars on Obverse: Issued 1838-1853
1858
Seated Half Dime, Grades Very Good, at least three letters in LIBERTY
visible. Even dark gray color, problem free coin.
Type: Liberty Seated, Issued: 1837-1891 Designer: Christian Gobrecht Diameter: 17.9 mm, Edge: Reeded Mints: Philadelphia, New Orleans, San Francisco, Carson City.
Variety 4 - Legend on Obverse: Issued 1860-1873 and 1875-1891
1891
Seated Dime, Grades Good-Very Good, Shiny silver color, must have been
cleaned in the past, has three letters in LIBERTY visible but it doesn't
have full rims, a few small scratches, still a nice looking coin,
last year for the Seated Dime.
Type: Liberty Seated, Issued: 1838-1991 Designer: Christian Gobrecht Diameter: 24.3 mm, Edge: Reeded Mints: Philadelphia, Denver, New Orleans, San Francisco, Carson City.
Variety 2 - Arrows at Date, Rays Around Eagle: Issued only in 1853
1853
Liberty Seated Quarter, Grades Fine, Light gray color, LIBERTY complete
but partly weak, very nice problem free coin.
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