Anybody like original 3 cent silvers? Finally got a circ 1851-O

claychaser · October 10, 2008 12:41PM

Purchased raw from Dick Osburn:

savoyspecial · October 10, 2008 12:53PM

wow! i love the look of circulated silver

19Lyds · October 10, 2008 12:58PM

It certainly looks original!

dan8402 · October 10, 2008 1:00PM

I always liked the mintmark location on those.

DoctorPaper · October 10, 2008 1:25PM

Got a raw one myself, but it's got some unfortunate blotchy discoloration on the obverse:

originalisbest · October 10, 2008 1:35PM

love that osburn coin! beautiful.

lope208 · October 10, 2008 1:41PM

I only have an 1854 in VF or so, but I think they are great coins and would love to put together a set one day. The price guides are way out of touch with actual availability for many issues IMO, though.

Boom · October 10, 2008 2:12PM

That's a sweet piece, JB! I thought I had a 51 but it's a 61 but I also have a 52 for the lowball registry.

No "O" either!

1946Hamm · October 10, 2008 10:14PM

Nice coin

Here is mine ANACS AU53
I always wondered why the mint put the O in that location. I like where it is. Just curious as to their thought process. Anyone out there know ?

pcgs69 · October 10, 2008 11:20PM

I had an original-looking 3CS, had it for 10 years before I discovered it was counterfeit.

CoinRaritiesOnline · October 10, 2008 11:24PM

<< <i>I had an original-looking 3CS, had it for 10 years before I discovered it was counterfeit. >>

Contemporary counterfeit 3 cent silver coins are very collectable. Do you still have it? Can you post a pic?

I'll bet it was an 1861.

TomB · October 11, 2008 2:03AM

The 1851-O shown here is very pretty and a coin most of us would love to own. Regarding contemporary counterfeit 3CS coins, I also have seen more 1861 pieces than other dates and many of these counterfeits exhibit recut digits.

Longacre · October 11, 2008 2:10AM

F15 and a sticker.

RyGuy · October 11, 2008 2:30AM

I'd take that over an MS any day! Gorgeous circ!

Ryan

claychaser · October 12, 2008 12:25AM

Thanks for all the nice comments.

Yeah, I think the MM position is kind of cool. wonder what the mint people were thinking about when faced with the question as to where to punch it.

NHSBaseball · October 12, 2008 12:42AM

That is a really attractive 3- center. I have always meant to get a 51-O, as I have a soft spot in my heart for New Orleans coinage, and as many have said already I think the placement of the mintmark is cool.

Nice coin.

TwoSides2aCoin · October 12, 2008 12:48AM

Every Dansco 7070 should have one of these type coins in it.
I like yours.

seanq · October 12, 2008 1:11AM

Here's the one from my clipped type set, unfortunately it had a light cleaning at one time. I can't imagine there are many error coins from that isuse.

Sean Reynolds

illini420 · November 5, 2008 4:00PM

Just got an 1851-O myself off the BST. PCGS MS62. Always wanted one of these as I thought it was cool that is is the only mintmarked three cent piece and the location of the mintmark is cool too!!! Now it's mine!!

Pics aren't very good as I just took a quick shot and these coins are just so darn small!!!

Bochiman · November 5, 2008 4:20PM

Whatta coinkydink.

I just got one in the mail today. Love the look of some of those posted in this thread

Coxe · November 5, 2008 5:34PM

The mint mark location looks logical to me. Usually is is between the central device and the rim or legend. In this case, if not there, it would be inside the central devices. The punched location doesn't disturb the symmetry too. 'twas a bizarre reverse design to start with. Trimes are just so unusual overall.

PutTogether · November 6, 2008 3:01AM

my little 3cs in my dansco is one of my favorite coins.

Coxe · November 6, 2008 3:07AM

The types 2 and 3 reverses are so odd. Cluttered to be sure and on such a tiny coin. Not like on the larger Texas commom or even the Florida state quarter.

BECOKA · November 6, 2008 3:11AM

Wow, the coin in the OP is a nice original circ. Most circ coins I have seen look like crud which has kept me away from this series.

That True View pic has given me new hope in starting this set.

illini420 · March 29, 2009 8:39AM

<< <i>Just got an 1851-O myself off the BST. PCGS MS62. Always wanted one of these as I thought it was cool that is is the only mintmarked three cent piece and the location of the mintmark is cool too!!! Now it's mine!!

Pics aren't very good as I just took a quick shot and these coins are just so darn small!!!

>>

How about some updated photos of this one... I'm getting better, but still have some room for improvement I think!

lordmarcovan · March 29, 2009 8:54AM

Wow, a CircCam trime. Cool!

Even without the magical mintmark, I would like that piece a lot. I've never had the O-mint coin.

I wonder if the supersoft strike on the reverse happened a lot on the branch mint issues?

The AU53 that 1946Hamm posted is a beauty.

Speaking of trimes (without mintmarks), I just got these back in a PCGS submission not long ago. I was hoping for VF+ to XF grades on them, not being really secure in my grading experience with this series (at least the Type 1s). The first coin came back AU55 and the second AU53, which of course pleased me very much, especially as I had "stolen" these two and one other for ten bucks apiece, locally.