Three-Cent Piece, Silver, 1864, NGC MS 65 CAC

Extremely well struck with the obverse exhibiting die-clashing. The devices are frosty, while the fields are semi-prooflike, a feature not uncommon for the date. Appealing pinkish centers deepening to blue peripheries.

Certificate number: 148597-014 (NGC 4 holder). NGC cites eleven so-graded, thirty-three finer, two in MS 68PL the finest. CAC cites three at this level, and sixteen finer. The collector’s notes indicate that when this specimen was certified the population at this grade was 7. (02-18)