1866 THREE DOLLARS
PCGS Nos: 7987, 8029
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 4,000
Proofs: 30
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-65 (illustrated
above). Ex - Great Lakes collection.
PCGS MS-65. Ex -
Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May 25-
27, Lot 3643, sold for $24,150.00
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-65. Ex - Bowers
& Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part
II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 99 Not sold
AU-55. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 282,
illustrated, sold for $1,150.00
Purchased from Superior, May 1973
PCGS EF-40. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles,
Inc.'s "The California Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 845 sold
for $1,035.00
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated example graded by PCGS is a single MS-66.
The finest Proof examples graded by PCGS are 2 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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