Lot 1430
1889 $3 Gold. PCGS graded Proof 64. Old green holder. Nice golden toning. A very beautiful example of the date. Hazy natural patina with rippling underlying mirror surface. The devices are delicately frosted and mirrors are deep enough under the layer of color to approach what today's generation calls "scrumptious" when describing vivid originality such as offered here. One glance at this choice lovely Proof should convince you that you need search no higher up the grading scale to obtain a splendid Proof of the date. Take our word for it, you'll be hard pressed to find a more beautiful Proof 1889 $3 in this grade from any grading service. Only 129 struck. Pop 40; 7 finer; 4 in 65; 3 in 66. (PCGS # 8053) .
Experienced collectors are of course familiar with the strange $3 gold denomination. Coinage of this all-but-forgotten coin came to a close with the Coinage Act of 1890; the same Act doing away with two other superfluous denominations, the gold dollar and three-cent nickel.
Estimated Value $13,000 - 14,000.
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