1873 $3 Open 3 PR64+ Deep Cameo PCGS. CAC. JD-1, Low R.7....

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1873 Three Dollar, PR64+ Deep Cameo
Open 3 Example, JD-1
Only 25 Original Proofs Struck

1873 $3 Open 3 PR64+ Deep Cameo PCGS. CAC. JD-1, Low R.7. Ex: Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection. This JD-1 Open 3 proof is considered an original proof struck in 1873, with a reported 25-piece proof mintage. All other known 1873 proofs (JD-2, JD-3, and JD-4) are rare to extremely rare. JD-2 and JD-3 have the Close 3 reverse, paired with the familiar proof obverse die from 1869. JD-3 is a later die state of JD-2 and is known as the Dished Die. JD-4 uses the same Open 3 reverse as JD-1 as well as the JD-1 obverse die, but it is in a late die state (with die rust) suggesting JD-4 was a restrike from 1875 or later. Both the 1874 and the 1875 proofs employ the same 1873 JD-1 obverse die.

The present JD-1 example is a splendid Choice Deep Cameo proof with the PCGS Plus designation and CAC endorsement. Harry Bass purchased the coin from RARCOA's 1972 auction of The Harry X Boosel Collection. Boosel specialized in studying and collecting 1873 coinage of all denominations and authored a book on the subject. The RARCOA cataloger wrote:

"THREE DOLLAR GOLD. OPEN 3. VERY RARE coin of which only 25 were struck. This is not the restrike variety with the closed 3, which were restruck on two occasions. Full details on the Three Dollar Gold of this date are given in Boosel's book, a bound copy of which goes to the purchaser of this coin. Lovely BRILLIANT FROSTY PROOF with some very minor hairlines visible under a glass."

Richly frosted motifs take on an extra dimension on jet-black fields when this coin is viewed at an angle. The strike could hardly be sharper, nor the yellow-gold fields more vibrant to behold. Population: 3 in 64 (1 in 64+) Deep Cameo, 2 finer. CAC: 2 in 64, 1 finer (5/23).

A Roster of Significant Examples provided by Ron Guth of the Numismatic Detective Agency
1. PR66 Ultra Cameo NGC. Baltimore Rarities Night (Stack's Bowers, 11/2021), lot 4098, $144,000.
2. PR65+ Cameo PCGS. Blowing Rock Collection (Heritage, 11/2006), lot 2146, $161,000; D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part III (Stack's Bowers & Sotheby's, 2/2016), lot 3114, $164,500.
3. PR65 Deep Cameo PCGS. Byron Reed Collection; Durham Western Heritage Museum (Spink America, 10/1996), lot 86, $38,500; Heathrow Collection (American Numismatic Rarities, 3/2006), lot 1521, $83,375; Pre-Long Beach (Goldberg Auctions, 2/2007), lot 2227, $161,000; Ohringer Family Trust Holdings, Part II (Goldberg Auctions, 9/2008), lot 1239, $212,750; Tom Bender Collection (PCGS Set Registry).
4. PR65 Deep Cameo PCGS. Baltimore Signature (Heritage, 7/2003), lot 10257, $55,200.
5. PR65 Cameo PCGS. Cornerstone '91 Sale (Mid-American Rare Coin Auctions, 8/1991), lot 680.
6. PR65 Ultra Cameo NGC. ANA Sale (Stack's Bowers, 8/2019), lot 5302, $138,000; FUN Signature (Heritage, 1/2021), lot 4081, $132,000.
7. Gem Brilliant Proof Uncertified. Dallas Bank / H. Jeff Browning) Collection (Sotheby's/Stack's, 10/2001), lot 342, $29,900.
8. PR64+ Deep Cameo PCGS. Harry X Boosel Collection (RARCOA, 4/1972), lot 672; Harry W. Bass, Jr. Foundation Collection (HBCC# 4027). The present coin.
9. PR64 PCGS. Michael I. Keston Collection (Superior, 1/1996), lot 59, $41,800.
10. PR63 Cameo CAC. Ed Trompeter Collection, Part I; (Superior, 2/1992), lot 116, $20,900; Commodore Matthew C. Perry Collection (Bowers and Merena, 1/1995), lot 1180, $33,000; Richmond Collection [Bradley Hirst], Part I (David Lawrence, 7/2004), lot 1286, $34,500; Huberman Collection (Stack's Bowers, 4/2022), lot 3106, $72,000.(Registry values: P5)

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 28AF, PCGS# 98037, Greysheet# 8729)

Weight: 5.02 grams

Metal: 90% Gold, 10% Copper

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