Three-Dollar Gold

In 1853 the United States negotiated the “Gadsden Purchase”—settlement of a boundary dispute with Mexico that resulted in the U.S. acquiring what would become the southern portions of Arizona and New Mexico for 10 million dollars. The following year Commodore Matthew Perry embarked upon his famed expedition to re-open Japan to the Western world and establish trade. Spreading beyond its borders in many ways, a few years earlier the United States had joined the worldwide move to uniform postage rates and printed stamps when the Congressional Act of March 3, 1845 authorized the first U.S. postage stamps, and set the local prepaid letter rate at five cents. This set the stage for a close connection between postal and coinage history.

Exactly six years later, the postage rate was reduced to three cents when New York Senator Daniel S. Dickinson fathered legislation that simultaneously initiated coinage of the tiny silver three-cent piece as a public convenien.... (Expand Text)

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1854-D INDIAN PRINCESS $3 AU50 PCGS

WELL STRUCK, CHOICE AU SPECIMEN OF THE ONLY $3 GOLD COIN STRUCK AT THE DAHLONEGA MINT. ONLY 1,120 PRODUCED. THIS IS A KEY DATE TO THE $3 GOLD SERIES.
$64,900.00

1854-D INDIAN PRINCESS $3 AU55 PCGS

VERY CHOICE, SLIGHTLY WORN SURFACES WITH LUSTER STILL APPARENT. THIS IS THE ONLY DATE DAHLONEGA STRUCK $3 GOLD COINS. PRODUCTION WAS ONLY 1,120 COINS. CERTAINLY, A KEY DATE TO THE SET. CAC.
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1854-D INDIAN PRINCESS $3 AU58 PCGS

A SUPURB EXAMPLE WITH ORANGE PEEL LUSTROUS SURFACES AND ONLY THE FAINTEST AMOUNT OF FRICTION THAT KEEPS THIS COIN FROM BEING MINT STATE. IT'S THE ONLY YEAR THE DAHLONEGA MINT S STRUCK $3 GOLD COINS. JUST 4 COINS GRADED HIGHER. CAC
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1854-O INDIAN PRINCESS $3 AU58 NGC

CHOICE LUSTROUS SURFACES SHOWING ONLY THE SLIGHTEST AMOUNT OF WEAR. THIS IS THE ONLY DATE $3 GOLD STRUCK AT THE NEW ORLEANS MINT.
$23,000.00

1854-O INDIAN PRINCESS $3 MS61 PCGS

CHOICE SATIN LUSTROUS SURFACES. VERY RARE IN MINT STATE CONDITION. ONLY TWO COINS GRADED HIGHER AT PCGS WITH THE HIGHEST BEING A MS63.
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1856-S INDIAN PRINCESS $3 MS62 PCGS

CHOICE LUSTROUS SURFACES. VERY SCARCE SAN FRANCISCO $3 GOLD. ONLY 7 COINS GRADED HIGHER AT PCGS. THE HIGHEST BEING AN MS64.
$28,600.00

1859 INDIAN PRINCESS $3 PR66+ Deep Cameo PCGS

GEM DEEP CAMEO PROOF SURFACES. A BRATHTAKING EXAMPLE OF A TRMENDOUSLY RARE $3 GOLD PIECE. THE ORIGINAL MINTAGE SHOWS 80 COINS, BUT MANY WERE MELTED OR PUT INTO CIRCULATION. ONLY 12-16 BELIEVED TO EXIST TODAY. SOLE HIGHEST GRADED.
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1864 INDIAN PRINCESS $3 PR64+ Deep Cameo PCGS

GEM FROSTY CAMEO DEVICES. BRILLIANT MIRRORED SURFACES. ONLY 50 COINS STRUCK. JUST THREE COINS GRADED HIGHER AT PCGS. HARRY W. BASS JR. PEDIGREE. CAC.
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1864 INDIAN PRINCESS $3 PR65+ Deep Cameo PCGS

GEM DEEP MIRRORED SURFACES WITH FROSTY DEVICES. ONLY 50 STRUCK. THIS IS THE SOLE HIGHEST GRADED. CAC.
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1865 INDIAN PRINCESS $3 PR66 Cameo PCGS

GEM PROOF SURFACES WITH CAMEO DEVICES. ONLY 25 ORIGINALLY STRUCK. TIED WITH ONE OTHER COIN FOR HIGHEST GRADED AT PCGS.
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1866 INDIAN PRINCESS $3 PR65+ Deep Cameo PCGS

GEM DEEP MIRRORED SURFACES WITH FROSTY CAMEO DEVICES. ONLY 30 STRUCK. JSUT A SINGLE PR66DCAM GRADED HIGHER. CAC
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1867 INDIAN PRINCESS $3 PR64 PCGS

GEM DEEP MIRRORED CAMEO SURFACES WITH FROSTED DEVICES. SOLE HIGHEST DEEP CAMEO GRADED. BASS PEDIGREE.
$82,500.00

1868 INDIAN PRINCESS $3 PR65 Cameo PCGS

GEM DEEP MIRRORED PROOF SURFACES WITH FROSTED DEVICES. ONLY 25 STRUCK. TIED WITH ONE ONE OTHER COIN FOR HIGHEST GRADED AT PCGS. SOLE HIGHEST GRADED WITH A CAC STICKER. CAC.
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1873 INDIAN PRINCESS $3, CLOSED 3 PR65 Cameo PCGS

CLOSED 3. DISHED PLANCHET. GEM BRILLIANT PROOF SURFACES THAT RADIATES LUSTER. ONLY 8 COINS ORIGINALLY STRUCK. JUST A SINGLE PR65+CAM GRADED HIGHER AT PCGS.
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1874 INDIAN PRINCESS $3 PR64 Deep Cameo NGC

GEM DEEP CAMEO PROOF SURFACES. ONLY 20 ORIGINALLY STRUCK. JUST TWO DCAMS GRADED HIGHER.
$55,000.00

1874 INDIAN PRINCESS $3 PR66 Deep Cameo PCGS

GEM DEEP MIRRORED CAMEO. ONLY 20 STRUCK. TIED WITH ONE OTHER COIN FOR HIGHEST GRADED.
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1874 INDIAN PRINCESS $3 PR66 Deep Cameo PCGS

GEM DEEP MIRRORED SURFACES WITH FROSTED DEVICES. ONLY 20 STRUCK. TIED WITH ONE OTHER COIN FOR HIGHEST GRADED. BASS PEDIGREE.
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1875 INDIAN PRINCESS $3 PR65 Deep Cameo PCGS

GEM FROSTY CAMEO DEVICES WITH DEEP MIRRORED SURFACES. ONLY 20 COINS STRUCK. JUST A SINGLE PR65+DCAM GRADED HIGHER. THIS AN EPIC SPECIMEN OF AN ULTRA RARE THREE DOLLAR GOLD PIECE. HARRY W. BASS JR. PEDIGREE.
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1876 INDIAN PRINCESS $3 PR65 Deep Cameo PCGS

GEM DEEP CAMEO PROOF SURFACES FROSTY DEVICES. ONLY 45 COINS STRUCK FOR COLLECTORS. THIS IS A PROOF ONLY YEAR. JUST THREE COINS GRADED HIGHER AT PCGS. CAC.
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1876 INDIAN PRINCESS $3 PR66+ Deep Cameo PCGS

GEM DEEP MIRRORED SURFACES WITH FROSTY CAMEO DEVICES. ONLY 45 STRUCK. SOLE HIGHEST GRADED AT PCGS. CAC.
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1877 INDIAN PRINCESS $3 PR65 Deep Cameo PCGS

GEM DEEP CAMEO PROOF WITH VIRTUALLY FLAWLESS SURFACES. SELDOM AVAILABLE AS ONLY 20 WERE STRUCK. CAC.
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