1868 THREE DOLLARS
PCGS Nos: 7989, 8031
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 4,850
Proofs: 25
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-67 (illustrated
above). Ex - Great Lakes collection. Finest known!
Recent appearances:
MS-64. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles,
Inc.'s "The California Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 847
@$8,050.00
PCGS MS-64.
Ex - Superior
Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach Sale", June 5-7, 2000, Lot 2168 @ $6,900.00
"to the book"
PCGS MS-63. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part III", May 21, 2001, Lot 204, illustrated,
not sold
NGC MS-62. Ex - Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite
Coin Auction, May 25-27, 2003, Lot 3645, sold for $5,175.00
NGC MS-60. Ex - Ira
& Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "The California
Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 848 @$2,185.00
ANACS Net AU-50, AU Details, cleaned. Ex - Heritage Numismatic
Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer 2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May
31-June 2, 2001, Lot 8908, not plated, unsold
PCGS EF-45. Ex - Ira
& Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "The California
Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 849 @$977.00
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 2 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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