The Collectors' Auction 2008
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Please Note: A 15% Buyers' Premium is added to the hammer price of all lots in this sale.
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Lot Title:
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1880 PCGS MS-64.
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Description:
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A preposterously small quantity of 1036 three dollar gold coins were struck for circulation in 1880, automatically qualifying the issue for consideration as a rarity (although it should be noted that seven issues in the series had original mintages below even a thousand). In the case of any low mintage coin, the dies would have been retired long before their life expectancy, leading one to expect struck coins to exhibit outstanding strike characteristics, and that certainly is the case here.
This coin displays mouthwatering prooflike character that is defined by somewhat mirrored fields and obvious frost across the raised devices, not to mention sharp details. Fiery mint luster relieves the reflective fields in areas, and light patina alternates with pristine areas to render curiously striated concentric rings of varying surface texture. It is an effect that defies simple explanation and needs to be seen to be appreciated.
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Low Estimate:
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$8,500.00 |
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High Estimate:
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$13,000.00 |
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Lot Status:
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Bidding has been closed for this lot. |
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Hammered Price: |
$12,000.00
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Price Realized:
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$13,800.00 |
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Price history for items of the same classification:
| Lot # | Auction | Current Bid or Hammer Price | Description |
| 471 | The Collectors' Auction 2011 on 10/21/2011 | $8,250.00 |
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1880 PCGS MS-63.
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Arresting, gorgeous eye-appeal exceeds that of some coins graded a full point higher, although technical limitations are certainly governed by trivial thin hairlines scattered here and there in the... |
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| 978 | The Collectors' Auction 2008 on 10/17/2008 | $13,250.00 |
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1880 SEGS PF-64 Cameo.
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Encapsulation within the SEGS holder defies in hand examination, and so your cataloger will not be able to supply an adequate evaluation as to this coin's condition. Outward appearances suggest that... |
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