1861 $3 MS (PCGS#7982)
June 2021 U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 2356
- 等级
- XF45
- 价格
- 21,501
- 详细说明
- 1861 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. EF-45 (PCGS).
Light honey-orange and pale rose patina blankets both sides with surfaces that reveal traces of the original finish. The Philadelphia Mint produced just 5,959 circulation strikes during the first year of the Civil War, this being the last year in which gold coins were paid out at face value. After gold specie payments were suspended on December 28, 1861, what few three-dollar gold pieces were held by Northern bullion dealers, banks and exchange offices could be obtained only by paying a premium in paper money. Produced in limited numbers and seeing very little commercial use, it is little wonder that the circulation strike 1861 three-dollar gold issue is represented by only a few hundred coins, virtually all of which are in higher circulated or Mint State grades. Most EF and AU survivors were saved as part of bank reserves and snatched up by numismatic dealers during the early 20th century, to whom today's advanced gold collectors owe their thanks for attractive coins such as this.
PCGS# 7982. NGC ID: 25MG.
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