Set report · United States · Two Cents, Three Cents & Half Dimes
Three Cent Silver: Who Owns What
How often each Three Cent Silver coin actually turns up in a collection, measured by how many of the 543 collectors of this set have one. Coins are graded from Common to Extremely scarce against the set's most-owned coin — a measure of collecting frequency, not of how many survive.
Hardest to find in real collections
The five least-owned coins of the set — ownership counts are collector-reported.
…and the ones everybody has
Full set: ownership & rarity, coin by coin
Values by grade for each of these live on the Three Cent Silver catalog pages and the full price guide.
| Coin | Mintage | Collectors | % of set collectors | How often collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1851 | 5,447,400 | 189 | 34.8% | Uncommon |
| 1851-O | 720,000 | 106 | 19.5% | Scarce |
| 1852 | 18,663,500 | 283 | 52.1% | Common |
| 1852 1 Over Inverted 2 (Error) | — | 7 | 1.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1853 | 11,400,000 | 257 | 47.3% | Common |
| 1854 | 671,000 | 108 | 19.9% | Scarce |
| 1855 | 139,000 | 79 | 14.5% | Scarce |
| 1856 | 1,458,000 | 105 | 19.3% | Scarce |
| 1857 | 1,042,000 | 113 | 20.8% | Scarce |
| 1858 | 1,603,700 | 114 | 21% | Scarce |
| 1858 (Proof) | 210 | 8 | 1.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1859 | 364,200 | 92 | 16.9% | Scarce |
| 1859 (Proof) | 800 | 8 | 1.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1860 | 286,000 | 77 | 14.2% | Scarce |
| 1860 (Proof) | 1,000 | 8 | 1.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1861 | 497,000 | 94 | 17.3% | Scarce |
| 1861 (Proof) | 1,000 | 7 | 1.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1862 | 343,000 | 85 | 15.7% | Scarce |
| 1862 2 Over 1 (Error) | — | 6 | 1.1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1862 (Proof) | 550 | 7 | 1.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1863 | 21,000 | 59 | 10.9% | Very scarce |
| 1863 (Proof) | 460 | 7 | 1.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1864 | 12,000 | 57 | 10.5% | Very scarce |
| 1864 (Proof) | 470 | 7 | 1.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1865 | 8,000 | 66 | 12.2% | Very scarce |
| 1865 (Proof) | 500 | 9 | 1.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1866 | 22,000 | 62 | 11.4% | Very scarce |
| 1866 (Proof) | 725 | 8 | 1.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1867 | 4,000 | 62 | 11.4% | Very scarce |
| 1867 (Proof) | 625 | 8 | 1.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1868 | 3,500 | 64 | 11.8% | Very scarce |
| 1868 (Proof) | 600 | 8 | 1.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1869 | 4,500 | 56 | 10.3% | Very scarce |
| 1869 (Proof) | 600 | 9 | 1.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1870 | 3,000 | 58 | 10.7% | Very scarce |
| 1870 (Proof) | 1,000 | 8 | 1.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1871 | 3,400 | 58 | 10.7% | Very scarce |
| 1871 (Proof) | 960 | 9 | 1.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1872 | 1,000 | 67 | 12.3% | Very scarce |
| 1872 (Proof) | 950 | 9 | 1.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1873 (Proof) | 600 | 14 | 2.6% | Extremely scarce |
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Based on the share of this set's collectors who own each coin — how often it turns up in a collection, not how many survive. Not the Sheldon rarity scale.
About these numbers
Ownership counts come from the same live per-coin counters shown across the LuckyCoin catalog; set-level collector counts come from the annual full-collection scan behind The State of Coin Collecting 2026. Counts are collector-reported and aggregate-only. Scarcity tiers come from 100 × (1 − owners ÷ owners of the set's most-owned coin): Common under 25, Uncommon 25–49, Scarce 50–74, Very scarce 75–89, Extremely scarce 90+. This reflects how often a coin is collected, not its surviving population — it is not the Sheldon rarity scale. CC BY 4.0 with attribution.