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United States · 1854–1889 · Gold
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The Three-Dollar Gold Piece: America's Strangest Coin
In 1854 the United States made a gold coin worth three dollars — a value nobody had asked for and few would use. It ran for 35 years, its mintages shrinking almost every year, until the Mint quietly admitted it served "no useful purpose." Today there is no such thing as a common one.
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