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Three Dollar Gold Piece
Designed and engraved by: James Barton Longacre (American, 1794–1869)
U.S. Federal Issue
1862
Mint: United States
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm.; Weight:76.5 grs.
Credit Line
Augustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins
Accession Number01.268
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionCHECK forward neckline of liberty if it is indistinct it is very rare.
3 Dollars, 1862. OBV: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around nude bust of Liberty left; wearing diadem, inscribed LI BE RTY, bordered with pearls and surmounted by seven ostrich feathers. Raised milled rim. REV: 3-DOLLARS- date, within wreath. Raised mill rim. Edges milled.
3 Dollars, 1862. OBV: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around nude bust of Liberty left; wearing diadem, inscribed LI BE RTY, bordered with pearls and surmounted by seven ostrich feathers. Raised milled rim. REV: 3-DOLLARS- date, within wreath. Raised mill rim. Edges milled.