1889 THREE DOLLARS
PCGS Nos: 8011, 8053, 88053,
98053
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 2,300
Proofs: 129
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.
NGC Proof Cameo-64..
Ex - Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May
25- 27, Lot 3672, sold for $10,925.00
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-65. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July 25, 2003
, Lot
692, illustrated, sold for $9,775.00 From the Luther A. Breck
Collection
PCGS EF-45. Ex - Ira &
Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "The California
Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 879, sold for $719.00
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
examples graded by PCGS are 2 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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