1882 THREE DOLLARS
PCGS Nos: 8004, 8046, 88046,
98046
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 1,500
Proofs: 76
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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Images courtesy of Heritage
Numismatic Auctions
Significant examples:
Ex - Great Lakes collection.
Recent appearances:
NGC Proof Cameo-64. Ex - Superior
Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May 25-27, Lot
3662, sold for $19,550.00
PCGS Proof-63. Ex -
Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May
25-27, 2003, Lot 3663, sold for $8,625.00
NGC MS-65. Ex - Superior Galleries
"Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May 25-27, Lot 3664, sold
for $20,700.00
PCGS MS-64. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 290, "1882 Over High 2", illustrated,
sold for $7,475.00 From
Stack's sale of the Bartle Collection, October 1984, Lot 1012
Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "The University of
Notre Dame Sale", March 20-21, 2001, Lot 1093, plated, sold for
$2,530.00
AU-58. Ex - Ira & Larry
Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "The California Sale",
October 2-3, 2000, Lot 866, sold for $1,495.00
AU-55, Rim nick. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 5678, not illustrated, sold for $1,782.00
PCGS AU-55. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 110, sold for
$1,610.00
Choice EF. Ex - Stack's "The University of Notre Dame
Sale", March 20-21, 2001, Lot 1094, not plated, sold for $1,092.50
Sharpness of VF-20 Cleaned.
Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s
"Benson Collection, Part I", February 16, 18-20, 2001, Lot 3997,
not illustrated, sold for $546.00
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-67's.
The
finest Proof examples graded by PCGS are 3 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-64.
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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