Lot 25
  • 25

Three-Cent Piece, Silver, 1870, NGC MS 66 CAC

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • silver
An extremely attractive example with spectacular toning. The strike is perfect, with all devices clear and frosty; the fields are hard and semi-prooflike. The obverse is banded at top and bottom with electric green and purple, with the center fields a pale gold, and the star contrasting in off-white. The reverse is target-like with a pink gold center, deepening to purple-blue with the periphery a pale iridescent green.

Catalogue Note

Certificate number: 184846-003 (NGC 5 holder). NGC cites nine so graded, and only one, MS 67, finer. CAC cites five at this level and two MS 67 finer. The collector’s notes indicate that when this specimen was certified the population at this grade was 3. (02-18)