Three-Cent Piece, Silver, 1859, NGC MS 65 CAC

With some slight central weakness, but fully lustrous with pale gold and blue toning. There are a couple of minor obverse marks.

Certificate number: 101135-002 (NGC 4 holder). NGC cites thirty-eight so-graded and twenty finer, two in MS 68 the finest. CAC cites thirteen at this level, the finest three are all MS 67. The collector’s notes indicate that when this specimen was certified the population at this grade was 15. (02-18)