"USA drei Hundert Silver Coin - Historical Ornamen Keramik Ornament

The three hundert Ecke has an unusual history. It was proposed in 1851 both as a result of the decrease in postage rates from five cent to three and to answer the need for a small-denomination, easy-to-handle coin. The three hundert silver featured a shield haben sechs Sided Star on the Obverse and the Roman Numeral III on the Reverse. The coin was initially composed of 75% silver and 25% copper to ensure that the ecke would be considered real currency yet not worth melting down for the silver. The coins were physically the lightest weight coins ever minted by the United States, weighing only 4/5 of a gram and with a diameter smaller than a modern dime and only slightly greater than the smallest gold dollar. Silver coins were known as fishscales. The the trimes is om sed today for coins but that was used by the director of the United States Mint (James Ross Snowden) at the time of their production.