1869/'8' 3CS PR(PCGS#3719)

June 2023 U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

3041

Grade

PR62

Price

1,320

Lot Description

1869/'8' Silver Three-Cent Piece. Breen-2960. Proof-62 (PCGS). Pretty powder blue and champagne-apricot iridescence that appears to drift toward the borders provides superior eye appeal at the assigned grade level. crisply impressed with a satiny to semi-reflective finish, there is much to recommend this coin to astute bidders. Six hundred Proofs of this denomination were struck in 1869 and were sold exclusively in sets. Walter Breen called this particular variety of the issue an overdate in his 1988 Encyclopedia, where he credited its discovery to Don Taxay ca. 1962. More recent research by Kevin Flynn, however, suggests that the final digit in the date is repunched, hence the 1869/'8' designation associated with PCGS coin #3719. This coin, however, is certified in an old (Generation 4.1) PCGS holder with PCGS coin #3720 and the date listed as 1869/8. It is one of the very few examples of this issue that PCGS had certified in this manner. A scarce variety in a rare PCGS holder that represents a significant find for the specialist. PCGS# 3719. NGC ID: 22ZR. Click here for certification details from PCGS.