1863 THREE DOLLARS
PCGS Nos: 7984, 8026
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 5,000
Proofs: 39
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:
NGC MS-68 (illustrated below).
Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "The
California Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 839, sold for $44,850.00
PCGS MS-67 (illustrated
above). Ex - Great Lakes collection.
Recent appearances:
NGC Proof-58. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer 2001 Long Beach Signature
Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 8925, plated, unsold
NGC MS-66. Ex - Superior
Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National Money Show Auction", March
8-9, 2001, Lot 793, sold for $15,525.00
AU-58. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles,
Inc.'s "Benson Collection, Part I", February 16, 18-20, 2001,
Lot 3991, illustrated, sold for $1,667.00
EF-45. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 280,
illustrated, sold for $1,265.00 From
Quality Sales Corporation's sale of the John Beck Collection, January
1975, Lot 259
EF-40. Ex - Ira &
Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "The California
Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 840, sold for $920.00
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 3 MS-67's.
The finest
Proof
examples graded by PCGS are 4 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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