1886 $3 MS (PCGS#8008)
June 2020 U.S. Coins Auction
- Auctioneer
- Stack's Bowers
- Lot Number
- 1217
- Grade
- AU58
- Price
- 3,480
- Lot Description
- 1886 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. AU-58 (PCGS).
With prooflike fields and sharply struck, softly frosted design elements, this bright golden-apricot example is very close to a full Mint State rating. Elusive in all grades, the 1886 is a key date three-dollar gold issue with a circulation strike mintage of just 1,000 coins. This premium quality Choice About Uncirculated example would serve with distinction in many gold cabinets.
Provenance: From the Francesca Collection.
PCGS# 8008. NGC ID: 25N9.
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