1873 $3 Closed 3 MS(PCGS#7995)

The January 2013 Americana Sale

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

13301

Grade

MS61

Price

27,613

Lot Description

1873 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. Close 3. MS-61 (PCGS). One of the key dates to the series and issued in very low numbers. Today there are perhaps 150 to 200 of these around in all grades, virtually all showing some circulation. Pleasing orange-gold and copper hues within the fields offsets the frosty devices. The A's on the obverse are all partially filled, a feature common to this rare issue. Scattered light bagmarks from handling, but enough of the frost is intact to keep the eye appeal high. Slightly rotated on the reverse, perhaps 10 degrees clockwise.