Mail took just 11 days for delivery to California via Pony Expres. South Carolina withdrew from the Union. And Abraham Lincoln became 16th United States president. These are just a few of the events that occurred in 1860, the same year this 3¢ piece was struck. Philadelphia issued just 286,000 three-cent coins that year. Today, with the passage of more 147 years - not to mention loss through attrition and silver melts - who knows exactly how many still survive. This issue is needed by every collector to complete their collection - get yours now.