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3c COPPER-NICKEL 1865-89


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Grade: PCGS PF 66
Owner: EZ_E
 
Winning Set: Vic's Picks
Date Added: 3/6/2006
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A $1400 purchase from michael in 2005.<br /><br />The surfaces are totally a homogeneous, glacier ice blue toning indicative of years spent in the original tissue at the mint after striking. This is an incredible example of the 1886 proof only year of issue!<br /><br />http://boards.collectors-society.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=1361788&an=0&page=0#Post1361788<br /><br />************************<br />1886 THREE CENTS<br />************************<br /><br />Mintage:<br />Circulation strikes: 0<br />Proofs: 4,290<br /><br />Designer: James Barton Longacre<br /><br />Diameter: ±17.9 millimeters<br /><br />Metal content:<br />Nickel - 25%<br />Copper - 75%<br /><br />Weight: ±30 grains (±1.9 grams)

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