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Tennessee Hoard

In 1985, city workmen in Jackson, Tennessee apparently unearthed with a bulldozer a container filled with hundreds of gold coins. The gold coins were said to have been quarter eagles, half eagles, eagles, and double eagles dated as early as the 1830s and as late as 1858. It was reported that Philadelphia, New Orleans, Charlotte, and Dahlonega mints were all represented. Although an exact counting of the coins never occurred do to looting before police could secure the site, it is believed the face value of the coins totalled approximately $4,500 with a numismatic value of over $1 million.

Read story - - Tennessee Hoard of 19th Century Gold Coins

Three Cent Nickel

United states three cent coin composed of 75% silver and 25% copper from 1851 to 1853, and 90% silver and 10% copper from 1854 to 1873. Designed by James B. Longacre and minted from 1851 to 1873.

See also - - Trime

Three Cent Silver

United State three cent coin composed of 75% copper and 25% nickel. Designed by James B. Longacre and minted from 1865 to 1889.

See also - - Trime

Token

A non-government issued piece that is used as a substitute for currency.

See also - - Civil War Tokens, Hard Times Tokens, Store Card Tokens

Trime

Term used to describe a three cent coin.

See also - - Three Cent Nickel, Three Cent Silver

Two-Bits

Slang for a U.S. quarter dollar or Spanish-American 2 real coin. Until the late 1850s, Spanish-American coins were legal tender in the United States. A one bit coin was valued at 12½¢. Hence, the term two-bits referring to a 2 real coin or a U.S. quarter dollar.