1862 THREE DOLLARS
PCGS Nos: 7983, 8025
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 5,750
Proofs: 35
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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Significant examples:
PCGS MS-64 (illustrated above).
Ex - Great Lakes collection.
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-63. Ex - Ira & Larry
Goldberg Coin & Collectibles' "The Fairchild Family Trust
Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001, Lot 1331, illustrated, sold for
$6,210.00
NGC MS-63. Ex -
Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May 25-
27, Lot 3641, sold for $13,800.00
AU-58. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 279, illustrated, sold for $2,070.00 Purchased from Superior, March 1978
PCGS EF-40. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins &
Collectibles, Inc.'s "The California Sale", October 2-3, 2000,
Lot 838 at $1,035.00
PCGS VF-35. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2300
at $948.75
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 3 MS-66's.
The finest
Proof
examples graded by PCGS are 3 PR-65's.
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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