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Strange 1852 three cent piece

Has anyone ever seen an 1852 three cent piece with a number 3 stamped in the middle of the shield?null
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A picture would be interesting.
Don't they all have the Roman number 3 on them?
triglyph
never seen a 3 punched into a 3cs. perhaps a pattern does?
most likely n irrelevant counter-stamp. you could check brunks.
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Vanessa, can you take a pic and then upload that pic to Photobucket (get a free account). Once it is uploaded just copy the IMG code from the box on the right and then just paste that code here on the forum.
bob
So why would it be stamped that way?
Hard to say. Have to use your imagination.
Could be any number of reasons.
Pretty cool though and
"If I say something in the woods and my wife isn't there to hear it.....am I still wrong?"
My Washington Quarter Registry set...in progress
Stamping a few 3 cent coins was probably quicker, (and as cheap?), as creating markers from scratch?
(Using my imagination. I may have hurt myself.)
Counterstamps on coins were often used for advertising purposes but without a name or address, that wasn't the purpose of this counterstamp.
Cheers, RickO
I will edit to say, the coin actually (before the punch) is in higher grade than I thought when glancing at it -- has good detail -- but yes, the punch does devalue it from what an un-marked example with the same level of detail left would have. Still, an interesting old item, and probably 99% of non-collectors would wonder at a United States silver 3c piece, not knowing they were ever made. From that perspective it's still got at least a few bucks of value.
HOWEVER As a twenty cent piece collector I'd love to buy a double dime with a "20" counterstamped on it or some other mark that attempted to distinguish it from a quarter.
someone used some trimes as golf markers
(yes they are still popular for that purpose)
and put the numbers on them to differentiate them
Very cool coin. Congrats on posting your first picture! Welcome aboard.