*Highlight* PCGS 1888 Three Dollar Gold TIED FINEST KNOWN! 3 ms67 PCGS (fc)

*Highlight* PCGS 1888 Three Dollar Gold TIED FINEST KNOWN! 3 ms67 PCGS (fc)
*Highlight* PCGS 1888 TIED FINEST KNOWN! Three Dollar Gold 3 ms67 PCGS. This gem 1888 $3 is boldly lustrous with exquisite eye appeal. The honey-gold surfaces are awash with bright orange-gold iridescence that deepens toward the rims, encircling the frosty motifs in a cameo-like fashion. The strike is sharp and the date numerals are deeply impressed The mintage for 1888 of 5,000 circulation strikes was only nominally smaller than that of the preceding year. The most available of all $3 dates in the decade, the population of 1888 $3 gold pieces has long provided Mint State coins for collections. It is thought some 350 to 450 examples of the date can be found in Mint State. Perhaps as few as 200 to 300 circulated coins are available, the majority of which are found in About Uncirculated.At some point, New York City coin dealer J.W. Scott bought a group of 1888 $3s directly from the Mint, a group that may have included several hundred pieces. Scott & Co. offered these coins over the counter and in price lists for years afterward. Collector George H. Earle was known to have rescued numerous $3s from bank coffers and other places. As for this date, one lot in the Earle Collection sold by Henry Chapman in 1912 featured a dozen “Extremely Fine” (probably AU or close to Mint State by today’s standards) 1888 $3s! The Bass coin (November 1999:709) was Mint State-66, and the remarkable Jewell coin was Mint State-67 and one of two higher grading events at PCGS than the offered example. This beautiful 1888 Indian Princess $3 defines the given grade.