1870 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. AU-55 (PCGS). Vivid honey-orange surfaces are enhanced by iridescent champagne-pink overtones, best appreciated with direct lighting. There is also ample remnants of prooflike reflectivity in the fields. Sharply to fully defined with superior eye appeal for both the issue and the assigned grade.<p>The Philadelphia Mint produced just 3,500 circulation strikes of this denomination in 1870, and survivors are rare and seldom offered in any grade. Fewer than 300 are believed extant, most of which are lightly circulated EF and AU coins obtained from the reserves of banks and bullion brokers by numismatic dealers during the early 20th century. The present example probably owes its existence to such activity, and it is a significant find for astute gold collectors in the todays market. From the Huberman Collection. Acquired from Beacon Hill Coin, March 1966.
