1860 $3 MS(PCGS#7980)

June 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auktionator

Stack's Bowers

Losnummer

2336

Erhaltungsgrad

MS63

Preis

12.000

Losbeschreibung

Lustrous and vivid surfaces offer superior eye appeal for the assigned grade. The finish is predominantly frosty, albeit with semi-reflective qualities evident in the fields. Bathed in lovely golden-apricot color, crisp striking detail and a very smooth appearance confirm this coin as one of the nicest MS-63s obtainable for this low mintage issue.<p>The Philadelphia Mint delivered 7,036 three-dollar gold coins for commercial use in 1860, many of which were likely melted after Northern banks suspended gold specie payments in December 1861. Several hundred circulated survivors are known, however, these almost certainly seeing commercial use on the West Coast, where gold remained in circulation throughout the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. Uncirculated examples are far rarer, most surviving as a matter of chance. Perhaps fewer than 150 examples of the date can be called Mint State today, most in Mint State-60 to 62, and a only few more can be called Choice. Among the finest 1860 threes that we have handled in recent years, this premium piece with CAC approval at the PCGS MS-63 level is a significant opportunity.