Three Cent Silver (1851-1873) - This smallest of the United States silver coins, called the trime by the Treasury Department, was authorized by Congress March 3, 1851. The first three cent silver pieces (1851-1853, Type I) had no lines bordering the six-pointed star. From 1854 through 1858 (Type II) there were two lines around the star, while the final 15 years (1859-1873, Type-III) have an olive sprig over the III and a bundle of three arrows beneath. Almost all the production of non-proof coins from 1863 to 1872 were melted in 1873.
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