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1887 $3 --Mint Error--Triple Struck, Reverse Rotated--P

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1887 $3 --Mint Error--Triple Struck, Reverse Rotated--P
<B>1887 $3 Three Dollar--Mint Error--Triple Struck, Reverse Rotated--PR63 Cameo NGC.</B></I> The third-from-last issue in the popular Indian Princess three dollar gold series had a checkered beginning. Proof coins from the issue are known in a variety of single- and double-strike orientations, per Q. David Bowers' <I>The United States $3 Gold Pieces--1854-1889.</B></I> The present coin, however, shows <I>three</B></I> strikings. On the obverse the first strike is rotated about a half-letter width counterclockwise from the subsequent final strike, so that a faint I is visible between NI of UNITED, and the Indian's profile shows parallel doubling that is most visible at the top front and bottom rear. If one turns the coin over <I>using normal coin turn</B></I> from obverse to reverse, a final strike is visible, correctly oriented--but underneath the final strike is a <I>faint first strike, rotated about 190 degrees from the final reverse strike, or rotated from the obverse in about normal medal turn plus a few extra degrees of clockwise rotation.</B></I><BR> One can form one's own conjectures about how this incredibly rare coin--an obvious first cousin to other known errors of this issue--were formed. Suffice it to say that this is a likely unique error, and as a proof error three dollar gold piece it is certainly among the rarest of the rare. Otherwise the surfaces show a few light contact marks, chiefly in the left fields on each side, that account for the grade. The yellow-gold surfaces are nonetheless brilliant and quite attractive.<BR><I>From The Pacific Coast Mint Error Collection.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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