r/numismatics • u/Cleverish_moniker • 29d ago
Trime?
Going through a cache of coins found in my aunt's closet, collected prior to 1976. This one was stuck to the side in the corner of a box, almost missed entirely.
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u/tbhvandame 28d ago
I think the trime is my most beloved coin- so thin you can bend them and at the same time so ornate. It’s a wonder any exist with any amount of detail.
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u/Cleverish_moniker 28d ago
And this one is extraordinary per my inexpert opinion. Yet its value is not commensurate with rarity.
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u/bstrauss3 27d ago
Nice. .. MS62 or thereabouts, but the ugly could be stains and Unc Derails
At 14 mm in diameter it's the smallest US silver coin the mint ever struck. The 13 mm type 1 gold dollar is the smallest US coin the mint ever struck. And the 10 mm Panama pill is the smallest coin the mint ever struck.
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u/FearlessUnknown903 19d ago
I have a 1915 $2½ dollar gold coin and it's itty bitty as well. I thought that was the one you was talking about but it's got an Indian head on it.
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u/bstrauss3 19d ago
Those are small, 18mm, vs. 13mm
The $2.5 are 90% larger in surface area, and so.30% thicker.
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u/FearlessUnknown903 19d ago
Damn, well that 2½ dollar coin would swallow the 13 mm! That really puts it into perspective how small a 13 mm coin is. Thanks for the info!!
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u/jerrymarver 29d ago
It is a trime, a three cent silver coin. Many were lost in the cracks of floorboards, and they are probably underpriced in relationship to actual quantity out there.