1870 3CS MS(PCGS#3691)

Historic Coins and Medals

Auctioneer

Sotheby's

Lot Number

25

Grade

MS66

Price

32,500

Lot Description

An extremely attractive example with spectacular toning. The strike is perfect, with all devices clear and frosty; the fields are hard and semi-prooflike. The obverse is banded at top and bottom with electric green and purple, with the center fields a pale gold, and the star contrasting in off-white. The reverse is target-like with a pink gold center, deepening to purple-blue with the periphery a pale iridescent green.