1872 $3 MS(PCGS#7994)

August 2018 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Philadelphia, PA

Auktionator

Stack's Bowers

Losnummer

4081

Erhaltungsgrad

AU53

Preis

1.800

Losbeschreibung

1872 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. AU-53 (PCGS). A bright, mostly honey-gold example with subtle rose highlights here and there around the peripheries. Boldly defined with appreciable remnants of a modestly semi-prooflike finish in the fields. Struck during an era when this denomination had long since ceased to play an important role in commerce, the 1872 has a paltry circulation strike mintage of 2,000 pieces. Q. David Bowers and Douglas Winter (The United States $3 Gold Pieces: 1854-1889, 2005) suggest that these coins were made primarily as gifts for contemporary collectors who were willing to pay a premium for them. Regardless, survivors are elusive and number fewer than 350 coins in all grades. PCGS# 7994. NGC ID: 25MV. Click here for certification details from PCGS.