trimeEtymologyFrom Latin trēs (“three”), likely by analogy with dime.nounA silver coin worth three cents, minted in the US from 1851 to 1873.“If the penny is discontinued, it will join the ranks of other obsolete American coins, including the trime, a 3-cent coin discontinued in 1873, and the gold dollar coin, which was discontinued in 1889; that differed from the dollar coin currently in circulation.”