Obverse

Shield on six sided star

Script: Latin

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1851

Engraver: James Barton Longacre

Designer: James Barton Longacre

Reverse

Roman numeral III inside a stylized C

Script: Latin

Lettering: III

Engraver: James Barton Longacre

Designer: James Barton Longacre

Edge

Plain

Harryg (CC BY-NC-SA)

Mints

United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)OUnited States Mint of New Orleans, United States (1838-1909)

Comments

The three-cent pieces, called the trime by the Treasury Department, was first authorized by Congress on March 3, 1851. The weights of the silver three-cent pieces were specified as 123∕8 grains (.80 grams, KM #75) and 1113∕25 grains (.75 grams, KM# 80 and KM# 88).