1860 THREE DOLLARS
PCGS Nos: 7980, 8023
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 7,036
Proofs: 119
Designer: James
Barton Longacre
Diameter: ±20.5
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: 77.4
grains (5.02 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia) below the wreath on the reverse
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Images courtesy of Ron Guth
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 3 MS-67's.
The finest
Proof
examples graded by PCGS are 2 PR-65's.
The finest
Proof Cameo example graded by PCGS is a single PRCA-63.
Significant examples:
PCGS PR-64. Ex - Ira &
Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "The California
Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 833, sold for $15,525.00
PCGS MS-67 (illustrated above).
Ex - Great Lakes collection.
"Choice Brilliant Proof".
Stack's 12/2003:950, $6,900.00
Recent appearances:
MS-60. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 276,
illustrated, sold for $1,495.00 Purchased
from Abner Kreisberg, April 14, 1972
AU-55. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles,
Inc.'s "The California Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 834, sold
for $1,322.00
EF/AU. Ex- Stack's "The September Sale", September 12-13,
2000, Lot 1527, sold for $977.50
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial
Coins" by Walter Breen
"The PCGS Population
Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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