1857-S $3 MS(PCGS#7977)

November 2019 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

Auktionator

Stack's Bowers

Losnummer

3146

Erhaltungsgrad

AU58

Preis

11.400

Losbeschreibung

Exceptional 1857-S $3 Gold 1857-S Three-Dollar Gold Piece. AU-58 (PCGS). Lovely and rare near-Mint quality for this elusive, conditionally challenging early San Francisco Mint issue. Pretty reddish-rose iridescence mingles with warmer golden-orange patina on both sides. The strike is sharp throughout, although the date is weak as always seen; it was impressed lightly into the die from left to right with the 7 the heaviest of the numerals. Ample luster remains, the surfaces pleasingly smooth for the assigned grade with superior eye appeal that will please even the most discerning three-dollar gold enthusiast. Of the 14,250 struck, nearly every piece experienced some degree of circulation in the hustle-bustle California economy. Indeed, an estimated 160 to 225 survive, usually VF to EF, with AU examples such as this considered rare. It is estimated that fewer than a half dozen true Mint State examples of the 1857-S can be accounted for today, which fact further confirms the significance of this attractive AU-58. PCGS Population: 12; 9 finer (MS-67 finest). PCGS# 7977. NGC ID: 25MB. Click here for certification details from PCGS.