1887 THREE DOLLARS
PCGS Nos: 8009, 8051, 88051,
98051
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 6,000
Proofs: 160
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)
PCGS MS-66. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7202, illustrated, sold for $14,950.00
Recent appearances:
PCGS Proof-65. Ex - Ira
& Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles' "The Fairchild Family
Trust Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001, Lot 1342, illustrated, sold
for $16,675.00
NGC Proof-63. Ex -
Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May
25-27, 2003, Lot 3667, sold for $8,050.00
NGC Proof-62. Ex - Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach"
Elite Coin Auction, May 25-27, 2003, Lot 3668, sold for $9,775.00
PCGS MS-66. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October
2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7585, illustrated, not
sold
PCGS MS-66. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer
2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 8922,
plated, sold for $12,650.00
PCGS MS-63.
Ex - Superior
Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach Sale", June 5-7, 2000, Lot 2176 @ $3,910.00
"to the book"
Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex- Stack's "The September Sale",
September 12-13, 2000, Lot 1537 @$1,725.00
PCGS AU-55. Ex - Ira
& Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "The California
Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 873 @$1,265.00
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 9 MS-66's.
The
finest Proof examples graded by PCGS are 8 PR-66's.
The finest Cameo Proof
examples graded by PCGS are 15 PR-66's.
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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