1870 $3 MS(PCGS#7991)

June 2023 U.S. Coins Auction

Commissaire-priseur

Stack's Bowers

Numéro du lot

3353

Grade

AU58

Prix

5 280

Description du lot

1870 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. AU-58 (NGC). Vivid olive-gold surfaces are enhanced by nearly full frosty mint luster. There are also ample remnants of prooflike reflectivity in the fields. Sharply to fully defined with pleasing eye appeal for both the issue and the assigned grade. The Philadelphia Mint produced just 3,500 circulation strikes of this denomination in 1870, and survivors are rare and seldom offered in any grade. Fewer than 300 are believed extant, most of which are lightly circulated EF and AU coins obtained from the reserves of banks and bullion brokers by numismatic dealers during the early 20th century. The present example probably owes its existence to such activity, and it is a significant find for astute gold collectors in the today's market. PCGS# 7991. NGC ID: 25MS. Click here for certification details from NGC.