The values provided are estimates based on the PCGS Price Guide and vary depending on the condition of the coins. For a detailed breakdown of values by grade or to view auction data for a specific coin, please click on the [coin name] in the table chart, which serves as a direct hyperlink to more information.

AbbreviationGradeDescription
POPoorCoin is heavily worn, with details and inscriptions barely visible.
FRFairCoin is very worn, but some details remain visible.
AGAbout GoodCoin shows heavy wear, but major design elements are clear.
GGoodModerate to heavy even wear, but most major details are visible.
VGVery GoodMinor wear on high points, design and lettering are clear.
FFineLight to moderate even wear, with all details visible.
VFVery FineLight even wear, with most fine details still sharp.
XFExtremely FineMinimal wear on high points, with all details sharp and mint luster may be present.
AUAbout UncirculatedSlight wear on high points, with most or all mint luster intact.
MSUncirculated/Mint StateNo wear, as minted with full original luster (graded from MS-60 to MS-70 based on imperfections).

To simplify the table column names, we will use abbreviations.

Coin NamePO, FR And AGG And VGF And VFXFAUMSShop
1853 3 Cents (Regular Strike)$60.00~$70.00$70.00~$85.00$90.00~$150.00$165.00~$185.00$200.00~$325.00$350.00~$10,000.00Shop
1851 3 Cents (Proof)-----$150,000.00~$300,000.00Shop
1856 3 Cents (Proof)-----$3,000.00~$45,000.00Shop
1854 3 Cents (Regular Strike)$65.00~$70.00$75.00~$90.00$100.00~$175.00$200.00~$250.00$275.00~$500.00$550.00~$100,000.00Shop
1857 3 Cents (Proof)-----$2,500.00~$60,000.00Shop
1855 3 Cents (Regular Strike)$75.00~$100.00$110.00~$150.00$175.00~$300.00$350.00~$500.00$600.00~$900.00$1,000.00~$60,000.00Shop
1865 3 Cents (Regular Strike)-$675.00~$750.00$775.00~$900.00$950.00~$1,100.00$1,200.00~$2,100.00$2,250.00~$90,000.00Shop
1858 3 Cents (Proof)-----$2,000.00~$65,000.00Shop
1856 3 Cents (Regular Strike)$65.00~$70.00$75.00~$90.00$100.00~$175.00$200.00~$250.00$275.00~$500.00$550.00~$45,000.00Shop
1866 3 Cents (Regular Strike)-$800.00$825.00~$950.00$1,000.00~$1,150.00$1,200.00~$1,600.00$1,750.00~$50,000.00Shop
1859 3 Cents (Regular Strike)$65.00~$70.00$75.00~$90.00$95.00~$160.00$175.00~$225.00$250.00~$375.00$400.00~$40,000.00Shop
1857 3 Cents (Regular Strike)$65.00~$70.00$75.00~$90.00$100.00~$175.00$200.00~$250.00$275.00~$500.00$550.00~$65,000.00Shop
1851 3 Cents (Regular Strike)$60.00~$70.00$70.00~$85.00$90.00~$150.00$165.00~$185.00$200.00~$325.00$350.00~$10,000.00Shop
1867 3 Cents (Regular Strike)-$675.00~$725.00$750.00~$1,000.00$1,100.00~$1,350.00$1,500.00~$2,350.00$2,500.00~$50,000.00Shop
1860 3 Cents (Regular Strike)$65.00~$70.00$75.00~$90.00$95.00~$160.00$175.00~$225.00$250.00~$375.00$400.00~$20,000.00Shop
1851-O 3 Cents (Regular Strike)$60.00~$85.00$90.00~$125.00$150.00~$300.00$350.00~$450.00$600.00~$1,000.00$1,100.00~$30,000.00Shop
1868 3 Cents (Regular Strike)--$1,400.00~$2,000.00$2,250.00~$2,750.00$3,000.00~$5,750.00$6,000.00~$85,000.00Shop
1858 3 Cents (Regular Strike)$65.00~$70.00$75.00~$90.00$100.00~$175.00$200.00~$250.00$275.00~$500.00$550.00~$75,000.00Shop
1861 3 Cents (Regular Strike)$65.00~$70.00$75.00~$90.00$95.00~$160.00$175.00~$225.00$250.00~$375.00$400.00~$50,000.00Shop
1869/’8′ 3 Cents (Regular Strike)$450.00~$500.00$600.00~$725.00$750.00~$1,000.00$1,100.00~$1,250.00$1,400.00~$2,350.00$2,500.00~$60,000.00Shop
1852 3 Cents (Regular Strike)$60.00~$70.00$70.00~$85.00$90.00~$150.00$165.00~$185.00$200.00~$325.00$350.00~$25,000.00Shop
1862 3 Cents (Regular Strike)$65.00~$70.00$75.00~$90.00$95.00~$160.00$175.00~$225.00$250.00~$375.00$400.00~$30,000.00Shop
1854 3 Cents (Proof)-----$8,000.00~$75,000.00Shop
1870 3 Cents (Regular Strike)-$650.00~$750.00$775.00~$1,000.00$1,100.00~$1,350.00$1,400.00~$1,850.00$2,000.00~$45,000.00Shop
1861 3 Cents (Proof)----$650.00~$750.00$800.00~$22,500.00Shop
1862/1 3 Cents (Regular Strike)$65.00~$70.00$75.00~$90.00$95.00~$160.00$175.00~$250.00$300.00~$550.00$600.00~$30,000.00Shop
1869 3 Cents (Proof)-----$7,000.00Shop
1871 3 Cents (Regular Strike)--$800.00~$900.00$950.00~$1,050.00$1,100.00~$1,275.00$1,300.00~$30,000.00Shop
1855 3 Cents (Proof)-----$4,000.00~$60,000.00Shop
1862 3 Cents (Proof)-----$800.00~$15,000.00Shop
1870 3 Cents (Proof)----$600.00~$750.00$800.00~$25,000.00Shop
1863 3 Cents (Regular Strike)$500.00$600.00~$700.00$725.00~$850.00$875.00~$925.00$950.00~$1,350.00$1,500.00~$50,000.00Shop
1872 3 Cents (Regular Strike)--$1,500.00~$2,100.00$2,250.00~$2,750.00$3,000.00~$3,850.00$4,000.00~$75,000.00Shop
1863 3 Cents (Proof)----$700.00~$750.00$800.00~$20,000.00Shop
1871 3 Cents (Proof)----$650.00~$750.00$800.00~$45,000.00Shop
1864 3 Cents (Regular Strike)-$600.00~$750.00$800.00~$950.00$1,000.00~$1,150.00$1,300.00~$1,650.00$1,700.00~$50,000.00Shop
1859 3 Cents (Proof)-----$800.00~$11,000.00Shop
1872 3 Cents (Proof)----$650.00~$750.00$800.00~$45,000.00Shop
1860 3 Cents (Proof)-----$800.00~$30,000.00Shop
1863/2 3 Cents (Proof)-----$3,000.00~$30,000.00Shop
1873 3 Cents (Proof)---$900.00~$950.00$1,000.00~$1,500.00$1,750.00~$12,500.00Shop
1864 3 Cents (Proof)----$550.00~$750.00$800.00~$12,500.00Shop
1865 3 Cents (Proof)----$750.00~$800.00$900.00~$5,500.00Shop
1866 3 Cents (Proof)----$650.00~$750.00$800.00~$25,000.00Shop
1867 3 Cents (Proof)----$600.00~$750.00$800.00~$25,000.00Shop
1868 3 Cents (Proof)----$550.00~$750.00$800.00~$9,000.00Shop
1869/’8′ 3 Cents (Proof)----$550.00~$750.00$800.00~$20,000.00Shop
1852 3 Cents FS-301 Date Repunched Over Inverted Date (Regular Strike)-$250.00~$275.00$300.00~$450.00$500.00--Shop
1853 3 Cents RPD FS-301 (FS-003) (Regular Strike)--$125.00~$200.00$210.00~$235.00$250.00~$375.00$400.00~$900.00Shop
1855 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-----$40,000.00~$80,000.00Shop
1856 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-----$11,000.00~$60,000.00Shop
1854 3 Cents RPD FS-301 (Regular Strike)--$200.00$300.00$500.00~$550.00$600.00~$6,000.00Shop
1862/1 3 Cents Overdate FS-301 (Regular Strike)-$75.00~$90.00$95.00~$160.00$175.00~$250.00$300.00~$550.00$600.00~$30,000.00Shop
1863 3 Cents, PL (Regular Strike)-----$10,000.00~$35,000.00Shop
1857 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-----$55,000.00Shop
1851 3 Cents RPD FS-301 (FS-001) (Regular Strike)--$150.00~$175.00$200.00~$235.00$250.00~$375.00$400.00~$3,000.00Shop
1862 3 Cents, DCAM (Proof)-----$17,500.00Shop
1858 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-----$4,000.00~$70,000.00Shop
1867 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-----$1,000.00~$25,000.00Shop
1851 3 Cents RPD FS-302 (FS-001.5) (Regular Strike)---$250.00~$285.00$300.00~$425.00$500.00~$2,500.00Shop
1863 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-----$825.00~$50,000.00Shop
1866 3 Cents, PL (Regular Strike)-----$8,500.00Shop
1859 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-----$1,100.00~$25,000.00Shop
1868 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-----$1,100.00~$30,000.00Shop
1860 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-----$1,500.00~$12,500.00Shop
1863/2 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-----$6,500.00~$85,000.00Shop
1852 3 Cents DDR FS-801 (002.5) (Regular Strike)--$125.00~$185.00$200.00~$235.00$250.00~$425.00$500.00~$1,000.00Shop
1868 3 Cents, DCAM (Proof)-----$10,000.00Shop
1861 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-----$1,100.00~$30,000.00Shop
1864 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-----$1,500.00~$75,000.00Shop
1864 3 Cents, DCAM (Proof)-----$7,500.00~$15,000.00Shop
1871 3 Cents, DCAM (Proof)-----$15,000.00Shop
1869/’8′ 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-----$1,750.00~$27,500.00Shop
1862 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-----$1,000.00~$32,500.00Shop
1872 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-----$1,100.00~$40,000.00Shop
1865 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-----$1,500.00~$45,000.00Shop
1872 3 Cents, DCAM (Proof)-----$4,000.00~$20,000.00Shop
1869 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-----$35,000.00Shop
1865 3 Cents, DCAM (Proof)-----$30,000.00~$35,000.00Shop
1873 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-----$1,750.00~$40,000.00Shop
1870 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-----$1,000.00~$40,000.00Shop
1873 3 Cents, DCAM (Proof)-----$4,000.00~$25,000.00Shop
1870 3 Cents, DCAM (Proof)-----$6,500.00~$15,000.00Shop
1866 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-----$1,000.00~$27,500.00Shop
1871 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-----$1,100.00~$40,000.00Shop
1866 3 Cents, DCAM (Proof)-----$2,500.00~$22,500.00Shop

Most valuable Coins in the Three Cent Silver series

Coin NameCirculatedUncirculated
1851 3 Cents (Proof)-$150,000.00~$300,000.00
1854 3 Cents (Regular Strike)$65.00~$500.00$550.00~$100,000.00
1865 3 Cents (Regular Strike)$675.00~$2,100.00$2,250.00~$90,000.00
1868 3 Cents (Regular Strike)$1,400.00~$5,750.00$6,000.00~$85,000.00
1863/2 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-$6,500.00~$85,000.00
1855 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-$40,000.00~$80,000.00
1858 3 Cents (Regular Strike)$65.00~$500.00$550.00~$75,000.00
1854 3 Cents (Proof)-$8,000.00~$75,000.00
1872 3 Cents (Regular Strike)$1,500.00~$3,850.00$4,000.00~$75,000.00
1864 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-$1,500.00~$75,000.00
1858 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-$4,000.00~$70,000.00
1858 3 Cents (Proof)-$2,000.00~$65,000.00
1857 3 Cents (Regular Strike)$65.00~$500.00$550.00~$65,000.00
1857 3 Cents (Proof)-$2,500.00~$60,000.00
1855 3 Cents (Regular Strike)$75.00~$900.00$1,000.00~$60,000.00
1869/’8′ 3 Cents (Regular Strike)$450.00~$2,350.00$2,500.00~$60,000.00
1855 3 Cents (Proof)-$4,000.00~$60,000.00
1856 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-$11,000.00~$60,000.00
1857 3 Cents, CAM (Proof)-$55,000.00
1866 3 Cents (Regular Strike)$800.00~$1,600.00$1,750.00~$50,000.00