1850 3CS J-125 PR(PCGS#11536)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auktionator

Stack's Bowers

Losnummer

6563

Erhaltungsgrad

PR61

Preis

2.400

Losbeschreibung

<strong>Obv:</strong> A liberty cap is surrounded by a glory of rays with the date 1850 below. The word LIBERTY is inscribed on the band of the cap. <strong>Rev:</strong> A coiled palm frond encircles a Roman numeral III with the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around the border. This popular silver three-cent pattern was struck from dies executed by Franklin Peale using designs attributed to James Barton Longacre. The obverse follows the Cap and Rays motif of the contemporary Mexican silver coinage, was played a leading role in both U.S. and global commerce at the time.