August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
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Description
Stunning Near-Mint 1854-D $3 Gold
1854-D Three-Dollar Gold Piece. Winter 1-A, the only known dies. AU-58 (PCGS). CAC.
A particularly desirable example of this fabled rarity in the three-dollar gold series. This nearly Uncirculated coin displays outstanding color in a blend of vivid rose-apricot and lighter powder blue shades. Intense satin to semi-reflective luster is virtually full, the surfaces free of both significant wear and detracting blemishes. Well struck for the issue with sharp detail to the major design elements, this is an outstanding survivor of a key date issue in the Southern gold series that is sure to sell for a strong premium. The branch mint at Dahlonega struck 1,120 three-dollar gold pieces in 1854, the first and only year that the facility produced this denomination. The entire production run for this rarity was accomplished in August from one die pair, with most of the mintage passing into circulation. None are known to have been saved purposefully by a numismatist, and not even the curators of the Mint Cabinet showed an interest in obtaining an example. As a result, the typical 1854-D $3 is a well circulated VF coin. Many of the 125 to 175 or so survivors estimated to exist today have been cleaned or otherwise harmed. Any example even approaching Mint State can be considered a truly special coin. At the Uncirculated level the 1854-D three-dollar gold piece is a landmark rarity in the United States Mint's gold series.
PCGS# 7970. NGC ID: 25M4.
PCGS Population: 12; 4 finer (MS-62 finest). CAC Stickered Population: 5; 1.
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| Price realized | 115'000 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 120'000 USD |
