Lot 537
1881 $3 Gold. PCGS graded AU-53. The 1881 three dollar posses the lowest reported circulation strike mintage of the entire series, at 500 pieces, and as such it joins a select and small group of sub-1,000-coin mintages among U.S. gold issues. The Bowers series reference estimates that only 100-150 survivors exist today, including both circulated and Mint State coins. (PCGS Pop. 11 in AU-53, 73 graded higher, the highest grade being a single MS-66 example. Total of 95 in all grades, 9/30/11).Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.
Realized: $7,250