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One of the less expensive yet still low mintage dates from the early period of this strange denomination, only 20,891 pieces were made. 1857 saw the t

Somewhat marked and scruffy surface, and yet there is luster aplenty around the major devices. The rims are a little knocked about, so assign it a fai

Among the San Francisco Mint $3 pieces, excepting of course the unique 1870-S, the 1860-S is in a world all by itself -- the one of the rarest dates i

A lustrous, well struck example of this low mintage date from the opening year of the American Civil War, or, as the Southerners like to call it, the

A briefly minted $3 gold piece due, no doubt, to low demand from gold bullion depositors; and a year that is usually seen with at least ten points of

Lustrous and clean-surfaced, with nice appealing preservation to entice the buyer. This is among the low mintage rarities in the 1860s, a coin with 2,

The 1866 $3 gold coin, of which just 4,000 circulation strikes were made, is another entry in the group of rarities from the 1860s. Perhaps as few as

Heavily scratched including rim bumps. Still lustrous, though. 1868's mintage is low, with only 4,030 pieces struck.

Fully lustrous with only light signs that it ever actually circulated; the fields are mainly prooflike (as is often the case with this year) while the

This one, although it has been gently cleaned, is nevertheless one of the low-mintage rarities in the $3 gold series. The details are nicely portrayed