1882 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. MS-65 (PCGS).

1882 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. MS-65 (PCGS).，A remarkably well preserved example of this perennially popular low mintage entry from the waning years of the three-dollar gold series. Semi-prooflike in finish with appreciable reflective tendencies in the fields, both sides also exhibit sharp striking detail and a soft satin texture to the devices. The entire package is silky smooth in appearance and dressed in gorgeous reddish-orange patina. The Philadelphia Mint produced a mere 1,500 circulation strike three-dollar gold pieces in 1882 during an era when the usefulness of this denomination in commercial channels (such as it ever was) had long since passed. Survivors are scarce in an absolute sense, and most are lightly circulated after having been obtained from bank reserves by numismatists such as Thomas L. Elder during the early 20th century. Mint State coins are scarcer still, and with the superior technical quality and outstanding eye appeal that it possesses the coin offered here numbers among the finest known to the major third party certification services. Worthy of inclusion in an advanced gold cabinet, where it will undoubtedly serve as a focal point.，，