1881 THREE DOLLARS
PCGS Nos: 8003, 8045, 88045,
98045
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 500
Proofs: estimated 60
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)
NGC Proof Cameo-67. Ex
- Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May
25- 27, Lot 3659, sold for $43,700.00
Recent appearances:
NGC Proof Cameo-64. Ex - Superior Galleries "Pre-Long
Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May 25- 27, Lot 3660, sold for $19,550.00
PCGS MS-63.
Ex - Superior
Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach Sale", June 5-7, 2000, Lot 2174 at $7,590.00
"to the book"
PCGS MS-62. Ex - Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite
Coin Auction, May 25-27, 2003, Lot 3661, sold for $7,475.00
PCGS AU-58. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W.
Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot
289, illustrated, sold for $5,060.00 From Stack's sale of Shapero Collection, October 1971, Lot
945
AU-55. Ex - Ira &
Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "The California
Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 865 at $4,370.00
AU-55. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000
Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7584, illustrated, sold for
$3,565.00
PCGS AU-55. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan
Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2314 at $3,680.00
EF-40. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part III", May 21, 2001, Lot 211, illustrated,
sold for $3,450.00
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated example graded by PCGS is a single MS-66.
The
finest Proof examples graded by PCGS are 2 PR-66's.
The finest Cameo Proof
example graded by PCGS is a single PR-65.
The finest Deep Cameo Proof
example graded by PCGS is a single PR-66.
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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