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PCGS Number: 419730 Coin Date: 1837 Denomination (Short): 3c Denomination (Long): Three Cents Variety: Feuchtwanger, WB-102 Variety 2: Eagle Desg: SP Composition: German Silver Strike Type: Specimen Coinage Type: Token Coinage Years: 1837 Diameter: 26.2 General Notes: Lewis Feuchtwanger produced a metal that was really a variety of German silver consisting of nickel, copper, and some zinc. He suggested to Congress as early as 1837 that his metal be substituted for copper, and he made one-cent and three-cent trial pieces that circulated freely during the coin shortage of 1836 through 1844. PCGS #: 419730 NGC ID: 2CZM
