1885 THREE DOLLARS
PCGS Nos: 8007, 8049, 88049
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 801
Proofs: 109
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 Proof-66 Cameo. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July 25, 2003
, Lot
690, illustrated, not sold
NGC MS-65. Ex - Ira &
Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles' "The Fairchild Family Trust
Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001, Lot 1340, illustrated, sold for
$13,225.00
PCGS MS-64. Ex -
Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May 25-
27, Lot 3666, sold for $16,100.00
PCGS MS-63. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W.
Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot
292, illustrated, sold for $5,520.00 From Abner Kreisberg's sale of November 1972, Lot 1148
PCGS AU-55. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles,
Inc.'s "The California Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 870 at
$2,415.00
EF-40. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection
Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2315 at $1,092.50
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 5 MS-66's.
The
finest Proof example graded by PCGS is a single PR-67.
The finest Cameo Proof
example graded by PCGS is a single PRCA-66.
The finest Deep Cameo Proof
example graded by PCGS is a single PRDC-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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