1873 Three-Dollar Gold
Three-Dollar Gold · 1854-1889
- Year / Mint 1873 · P (Philadelphia)
- Denomination $3
- Designer James B. Longacre
- Mintage —
- Melt Value ~$581.59
Schedule of Prices
| Grade | Ask | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| AU55 | $40,125 asking | 1 |
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Listings observed 2026-10-24.
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Die Varieties
No die varieties recorded yet for this date.
Specifications
- Series Three-Dollar Gold (1854-1889)
- Denomination $3
- Designer James B. Longacre
- Composition 90% gold
- Metal content 0.1451 oz fine gold — about $580 at metal (melt) value as of 2026-10-26 metals.dev
- Weight 5.015 g
- Diameter 20.5 mm
- Edge Reeded
- Mintage —
- Mint mark P
History
REAL coin, mintage unrecorded. NGC states: "Both proofs and business strikes are found in the Closed 3 and Open 3 varieties... No reliable mintage figures exist. Mint records enumerate 25 proof coins, with no mention of business strikes at all." Bowers conjectures 600-900 Closed 3 business strikes; that is a conjecture, not a delivery, so the figure stays VERIFY. This card previously did not exist, the issue having been ruled proof-only.
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