1856-S $3 MS(PCGS#7975)

Spring 2022 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

3086

等级

AU58

价格

72,594

详细说明

A Second High Grade 1856-S $3 1856-S Three-Dollar Gold Piece. Medium S. AU-58 (PCGS). CAC. This gorgeous coin is fully deserving of the coveted CAC sticker. It is a near-fully lustrous, smooth and vivid example that is just a whisper away from Mint State preservation. A sharp strike and vivid golden-yellow color with a touch of pale pink are also notable. The rarity of this issue in high grades, both circulated and Mint State, was fully addressed in our description of the Uncirculated example in the previous lot. In that listing we also noted that the Medium S accounts for the majority of 1856-S three-dollar gold pieces (Bowers and Winter, 2005, say approximately 80%). There are, however, two important sub-varieties of this mintmark style. The first, which is by far the more common, has the digit 1 in the date centered under the letter O in DOLLARS. On the present example, however, that digit is further to the viewer's right and under the space between the letters OL. Bowers and Winter had not studied this sub-variety, but observed that it is "mentioned by Breen (under No. 6355 in his 1988 Encyclopedia)." Whether one is assembling a high quality three-dollar gold set or has made a specialty of varieties in this extremely challenging series, this offering is worthy of serious consideration and strong bidding. Provenance: From the Huberman Collection. Earlier ex our (Stack's) sale of the Dr. E. Yale Clarke Collection, October 1975, lot 5. Lot tag included. PCGS Population: 36; 21 finer (MS-64 finest). CAC Population: 12; 2. PCGS# 7975. NGC ID: 25M9. 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.