1880 THREE DOLLARS
PCGS Nos: 8002, 8044, 88044,
98044
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 1,000
Proofs: 36
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:
Ex - Great Lakes collection
(illustrated above).
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-65. Ex - Superior
Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National Money Show Auction", March
8-9, 2001, Lot 797, sold for $10,350.00
Gem Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "The Marvin Taichert
Collection of U.S. Type Coins", May 9, 2001, Lot 104, plated, sold
for $18,400.00 Ex Harmer Rooke's sale of November 16, 1969, lot
495
NGC MS-64. Ex - Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite
Coin Auction, May 25-27, 2003, Lot 3655, sold for $6,900.00
MS-64.
Ex - Superior
Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach Sale", June 5-7, 2000, Lot 2173, sold
for $3,200
"to the book"
NGC MS-64. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer
2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 8920,
plated, sold for $8,050.00 From the Clyde Godfrey Collection
NGC MS-63. Ex - Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach"
Elite Coin Auction, May 25-27, 2003, Lot 3656, sold for $5,750.00
MS-62 Lightly Cleaned.
Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach
Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7104, illustrated, sold for
$1,207.50
PCGS MS-62. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7199, illustrated, sold for $2,875.00
MS-60. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles'
"The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001,
Lot 1339, illustrated, sold for $1,955.00
PCGS AU-58. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles,
Inc.'s "The California Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 864, sold
for $2,415.00
Choice Brilliant
Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale",
October 17-19, 2000, Lot 1714, plated, sold for $3,737.50
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 3 MS-66's.
The
finest Proof example graded by PCGS is a single PR-66.
The finest Cameo Proof
example graded by PCGS is a single PRCA-65.
The finest Deep Cameo Proof
examples graded by PCGS are 2 PRDC-66'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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