1883 $3, DCAM PR(PCGS#98047)

October 2018 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

2120

等级

PR66DCAM

价格

259,088

详细说明

Dazzling Gem Deep Cameo Proof 1883 Three-Dollar Gold 1883 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. JD-1, the only known dies. Proof-66 Deep Cameo (PCGS). This is an awe-inspiring example of a rare classic Proof gold issue. Fully impressed with razor sharp definition, the devices are further set apart from the fields with a softly frosted texture. The fields are deeply reflective in finish, and the entire package is dressed in vivid golden-orange patina that provides outstanding eye appeal. Smooth and inviting, with awesome numismatic rarity. The Philadelphia Mint struck only 89 Proof three-dollar gold pieces in 1883, 40 of which were delivered on February 10 for inclusion in the year's Proof sets. Only a single pair of dies was used, which has recently been given the attribution JD-1 in John W. Dannreuther's new reference United States Proof Coins, Volume IV: Gold(2018). The author accounts for just 40 to 55 survivors in all grades, the present Gem certainly one of the very finest known and especially desirable for the Deep Cameo contrast, seen on just a handful initially struck by these dies. As more coins were struck, the depth of the frost seemed to diminish on these Proofs, and only the first few coins up to a dozen usually show this degree of contrast. It is interesting that the master hub was engraved with haste as the final letter S in STATES is quite low, a feature seen on several years of the three-dollar gold coinage, along with irregular spacing between the letters in the word LIBERTY on the headband. PCGS Population: 9; only 1 finer in this category (Proof-67 Deep Cameo). PCGS# 98047. NGC ID: 28AS. Click here for certification details from PCGS.