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1860-S $3 Gold NGC AU55

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:4,250.00 USD Estimated At:8,500.00 - 9,000.00 USD
1860-S $3 Gold NGC AU55
<Our item number 135371><B>1860-S &#36;3 Gold. NGC graded AU-55.</B> Well struck with mint luster still adhering to the devices. Friction on only the high points. Rare low mintage date as only 7,000 were struck. Among San Francisco Mint &#36;3 pieces, there is of course the 1870-S. But collectors don&#39;t think much about this coin since there is only one known and its price, whenever it comes up for sale, it out of the reach even of King Midas. Outside of the 1870-S, the 1860-S is in a category all by itself, among the rarest of the rare. Mint records blandly state that 7,000 were struck &#40;from which quantity we know that 2,592 were melted, leaving a net distribution of 4,408&#41;. There was no numismatic interest in branch-mint strikes at the time. Accordingly, most are worn coins retrieved at random from circulation. The present About Uncirculated 55 has luster in the protected areas and is in good company with a small select dare we say &#34;elite&#34; group of others, as defined by the following census: <B>Pop 16; 23 finer, 18 in 58, 1 in 60 and 4 in 61</B> <B>&#40;PCGS # 7981&#41;</B>. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;8,500 - 9,000. <BR><BR>Our item number 135371<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/47jpegs/135371.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/47jpegs/135371N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>