1868 $3 PR(PCGS#8031)
1868 $3 PR (PCGS#8031)
Spring 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 4493
- 等级
- PR61
- 价格
- 105,838
- 详细说明
- From a tiny mintage of 25 Proofs, all of which were delivered on February 20. The Proof 1868 is a bit rarer than the Proof 1867, and comparable to the Proof 1869, with an extant population of just 12 to 14 coins (per John W. Dannreuther, 2018). This is only our second offering for the issue in recent decades, confirming that the Proof 1868 is even rarer from a market availability standpoint than the paltry extant population would suggest. A find for the advanced gold enthusiast, both sides display iridescent pinkish-rose highlights to otherwise deep orange-gold surfaces. Sharply struck and appreciably reflective, near-medallic alignment of the dies adds further interest. Of this feature Dannreuther observes, "During one Proof striking period, one of the dies was reversed in the press leading to coins with medal alignment instead of coin alignment, a feature of some of the aluminum examples of this issue, too."