Category Archives: Three Dollar Gold Pieces

Heritage Auction to Offer Harford Hill Collection of $3 Gold Pieces

The Harford Hill Collection of $3 gold pieces is an impressive collection of this challenging series, complete by date and mintmark except for the Proof-only 1875 (mintage 20) and the virtually uncollectible 1870-S. Heritage Auctions will be able to offer it in its entirety in a standalone Showcase Auction, with bidding already underway through Coins.HA.com. […]

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It’s Raining Proof Three Dollar Gold, Part 1: 1854-63

By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com …… CoinWeek Content Partner An unprecedented number of Proof Three Dollar gold pieces has provided collectors with a bounty not seen since the late 1990s and early 2000s. Four important specialized sets of Proof Threes–owned by Tom Bender, the Harry Bass Foundation, Peter Huberman, and Bob Simpson–have given specialists an […]

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The Huberman Collection of Three Dollar Gold Pieces

By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com …… CoinWeek Content Partner The Huberman Collection of Three Dollar Gold was the epitome of a fresh deal. Formed over a 35+ year time frame, this set had coins that ranged the gamut from pedestrian to amazing, and it had the eclectic feeling that these increasingly rare out-of-the-woodworks sets tend […]

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Finest Known 1866 Proof $3 Gold Piece From The Huberman Collection

  By Christopher Maisano – Numismatist, Stack’s Bower Galleries …… In 1866, the United States Mint produced a minuscule amount of Proof $3 gold pieces, just 30 in total. They struck 25 pieces on January 15 of that year and sprinkled in another five on June 8. Estimates range from 12 to 22 examples surviving […]

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Heritage Features Gold Dollars and Threes in The Redding Collection Part 2

Heritage Auctions recently featured The Redding Collection of Quarter Eagles in one of their Showcase auctions – a collection deep in both dates and varieties. Now, bidding is open on Part 2 of the Redding Collection, a fine collection of two other small-denomination gold series – Gold Dollars and Three Dollar Gold coins. Bidding on […]

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David Lawrence Offering Almost Complete Collection of $3 Gold Coins

Sunday Auction #1195 from David Lawrence Rare Coins (DLRC) is now live and features 490 total lots – including 15 Vault Values and 201 No Reserve Lots. Included in the variety of fantastic PCGS-, NGC-, and CAC-approved items in this week’s sale is a rare large cent 1813 1c PCGS MS62 BN; a key date […]

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Great CAC-pectations: Collecting U.S. Gold Coins by CAC Approval

By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com …… CoinWeek Content Partner In recent years, I’ve come across a number of new collectors who are “CAC only” buyers. In the past, I’ve dealt with many collectors who are “CAC preferred” when it comes to coins, but these new collectors absolutely insist every coin they buy must be CAC-approved. […]

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Civil War vs. Reconstruction Era Three Dollar Gold in High Grade

By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com …… CoinWeek Content Partner Three Dollar gold pieces struck during the Civil War are very popular with collectors and sell for significant premiums in higher grades. But, in my opinion, the Reconstruction Era dates are better values; to simplify, we’ll target the 1866 through the 1870 so we have the […]

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Classic US Coins: So You’ve Decided to Collect Dahlonega Gold…

By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com …… CoinWeek Content Partner The Dahlonega Mint opened in 1838 as a result of the North Georgia gold rush. The difficulty of transporting gold ore to Philadelphia for deposits and/or coinage made this former backwater a viable location for the production of coinage. The Mint was opened until 1861 when […]

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Gem 1889 $3 Gold Featured in Stack’s Bowers Nov. 2020 Showcase Auction

By James McCartney – Senior Numismatist, Stack’s Bowers …… The mintage for the 1889 $3 gold piece was just 2,300 coins all delivered in December, down more than 50% from the previous year’s total. It was the final circulation-strike for the denomination and only about 200 to 250 Mint State examples can be accounted for, […]

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The Gold Coins of San Francisco, Part III: Three Dollar Gold

By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com …… CoinWeek Content Partner …… Just five Three Dollar gold pieces were made at the San Francisco Mint, and this includes one issue–the 1870-S–that is unique. This is an easy set to complete although all San Francisco Threes are rare in higher grades. * * * Let’s take a quick […]

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Rare Gold Coins under $5000 each, Part 6: Three Dollar Gold Coins

Coin Rarities & Related Topics: News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community #242   A Weekly CoinWeek Column by Greg Reynolds… U.S. Three Dollar Gold coins were minted from 1854 to 1889. There is just one design type of this denomination. In addition to the fact that some non-rare […]

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