1882 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. AU-55 (PCGS).Vivid orange-gold patina and iridescent reddish-rose peripheral highlights provide superior eye appeal even at the Choice AU grade level. Boldly to sharply defined throughout with ample remnants of a semi-prooflike finish. The Philadelphia Mint struck a mere 1,500 circulation strike three-dollar gold pieces in 1882 during an era when the usefulness of this denomination in commercial channels (such as it ever was) had long since passed. Survivors are scarce in an absolute sense and most are lightly circulated, as here, after having been obtained from bank deposits by numismatists such as Thomas L. Elder during the early 20th century.
