1863 3C J-319 Original, BN PR(PCGS#50477)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

6589

Grade

PR64BN

Price

3,000

Lot Description

<strong>Obv:</strong> A head of Liberty faces left with 13 stars around the border and the date 1863 below. Liberty is wearing a coronet inscribed LIBERTY. This design is very similar to that used for regular issue Braided Hair cent production from 1843 to 1857. <strong>Rev:</strong> A laurel wreath surrounds the denomination 3 CENTS with the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around the border. Semi-brilliant in finish with pretty undertones of iridescent cobalt blue and pale pink to rich copper and steel-brown patina. A spot in the right obverse field is noted. Patterns of this type were produced in response to a proposal to make bronze three-cent pieces at a time when all silver and gold coins were absent from circulation in the East and Midwest and before the two-cent, nickel three-cent and nickel five-cent coins had become a reality.