1878 $3 MS(PCGS#8000)

March 2021 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

5717

等级

MS64+

价格

29,180

详细说明

1878 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. MS-64+ (PCGS). Superior quality and eye appeal for this perennially popular type issue in the challenging three-dollar gold series of 1854 to 1889. Billowy satin luster mingles with vivid pinkish-orange patina over impressively smooth surfaces. A sharp to full strike further enhances the desirability of this lovely near-Gem. At 82,304 pieces the mintage of the 1878 three-dollar gold piece is the second highest for the type after 1854. Except for this and the similarly aberrant 1874 (41,800 pieces struck), the highest mintage three-dollar gold issue from the later years of this series is the 1887 -- with just 6,000 circulation strikes produced. Most of the 1878 three-dollar gold pieces that remained in the Mint were eventually melted, severely limiting the population of high quality survivors like the present piece. PCGS# 8000. NGC ID: 25MZ. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.