1879 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. MS-64 (PCGS).；Satiny to modestly semi-prooflike in finish, this beautiful near-Gem also offers crisp striking detail and vivid rose-gold patina. From a mintage of just 3,000 circulation strikes, the first in a run of limited yearly deliveries that would continue through the end of the three-dollar gold series in 1889. Mint State survivors are scarce, representing coins that were set aside either at the time of issue or after discontinuance of this denomination by contemporary numismatists who recognized the low mintage of this date.；
