1876 $3, CAM PR(PCGS#88040)

The November 2011 Baltimore Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

9423

等级

PR65

价格

459,596

详细说明

1876 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. Proof-65 Cameo (NGC). Deeply lustrous&nbsp;honey gold with boldly frosted motifs and richly, deeply mirrored fields. Some&nbsp;minor roughness in the planchet, as struck, creates a faint, frosty crescent in the field before Liberty's portrait, with another tiny area of similar texture at the date, otherwise the surfaces are immaculate. A touch of die rust can be seen at the tops of the feathers on the obverse. From a mintage of 45 pieces, with considerably fewer than that number extant today. Curiously enough, the combined populations of the proof-only 1876 three-dollars rarity from NGC and PCGS is <em>75 pieces,</em> ranging from Proof-60&nbsp;and finer,&nbsp;and some 30 more than struck; no doubt numerous resubmissions have occurred. The present&nbsp;coin outshines the Harry Bass specimen offered as lot 695 in our October 1999 sale, that piece called Proof-64 by PCGS. A simply superb specimen of one of the great rarities in the design type, a coin that will be a focal point of its next steward's cabinet.<br /> <br /> <strong>Numismatic Reflections by Q. David Bowers<br /> </strong>Among famous gold rarities of the 19th century, the 1876 has long been high on the list. Over a long period of years it has attracted much attention. It is one of just a handful of federal issues with a total mintage of just several dozen pieces. The present coin combines rarity, fame, and high quality, the essential ingredients to attract a lot of attention when it crosses the block!