1855-S Three-Dollar Gold Piece. EF Details--Scratches (NGC).Handsome khaki-gold patina with subtle rose highlights on both sides. This is a boldly defined coin for the grade, the NGC qualifier concerning a thin reverse scratch that bisects the right half of the wreath. A heavily circulated issue with a limited mintage of 6,000 pieces, the 1855-S is one of the elusive three-dollar gold pieces.From the Paisley Acres Collection. Earlier ex Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society; Heritages sale of the Eric P. Newman Collection, Part V, November 2014, lot 7416. Collector envelope included.
