1883 $3 MS(PCGS#8005)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

3270

Grade

MS62

Price

14,400

Lot Description

This is a handsome example where satiny design elements and semi-reflective fields combine with warm golden-orange color. Boldly to sharply struck with a pleasingly smooth appearance for the assigned grade.<p>Only 900 examples of this denomination were struck in 1883, all delivered on December 15. Despite the limited press run, a couple hundred survivors are thought to exist. Just about half of these are Uncirculated, most of which reside at the lower end of the scale. All are desirable and in strong demand, of course, as this is a key date in one of the most challenging classic U.S. Mint gold series.