Coin Spotlight 1889 Three-Cent Piece

There is always something special or maybe even sad about the last coin of a type. In the case of the 1889 copper-nickel 3-cent piece it was the last year of three-cent pieces of any type. The 3-cent piece might have deserved better but realistically by 1889 its days were certainly over. That does, however, make the 1889 a special 3-cent piece