1871 $3 MS(PCGS#7993)

Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

5188

Grade

AU55

Price

3,904

Lot Description

This attractive coin boasts semi-prooflike flash in the fields and rich honey-rose and olive-gold colors overall that accentuates the overall bold strike detail with powerful effect. The Philadelphia Mint produced a mere 1,300 circulation strike three-dollar gold pieces in 1871 during an era in which gold coins were not seen in commerce in the East or Midwest. We believe that fewer than 350 survivors can be accounted for in all grades, this being one of the nicer-looking circulated examples available to collectors who wish to avoid paying significantly more for a Mint State coin.