1870 THREE CENTS - SILVER
PCGS Nos: 3691, 3721
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 3,000
Proofs: 1,000
Designer: James
Barton Longacre
Diameter: ±14.3
millimeters
Metal content:
Silver - 75%
Copper - 25%
Weight: ±12.4
grains (±.8 grams)
Edge: Plain
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia, PA) just right of the opening of the C on the reverse.
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Notes:
The finest Uncirculated example graded by PCGS is a single MS-67.
The finest Proof example graded by PCGS is a single PR-67.
The finest Proof Cameo example graded by PCGS is a single PRCA-65.
Recent appearances:
PCGS Proof-65. Ex- Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7,
2000, Lot 5985, not plated, sold for $1,322.50
PCGS Proof-65. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Rarities Sale",
January 3, 2001, Lot 101, illustrated, sold for $1,035.00
Proof-63. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Lake Geneva Sale", June
28-29, 2001, Lot 221, not illustrated, sold for $345.00
PCGS MS-66. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July 25, 2003
, Lot
292, illustrated, sold for $5,750.00
Very Choice Brilliant
Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "The University of Notre Dame Sale", March
20-21, 2001, Lot 232, sold for $920.00
PCGS MS-64. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Long Beach
Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 6210, not plated, sold for
$977.50 From the Alex Highland Collection
PCGS EF-45. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000
Signature Sale", August 6-7, 2000, Lot 6747, not illustrated, sold for
$402.50
EF-40 Cleaned. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000
Long Beach Sale", October 5-7, 2000, Lot 6693, not illustrated, sold for
$345.00
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The Professional Coin
Grading Service
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