PCGS PR64
PCGS PR63
- PCGS #:
- 537326
- Designer:
- N/A
- Edge:
- N/A
- Diameter:
- N/A
- Weight:
- N/A
- Mintage:
- N/A
- Mint:
- N/A
- Metal:
- Gilt Copper
- Auction Record:
- $28,800 • PR63 • 08-10-2023 • Heritage Auctions
Major Varieties
- 1872 $3 J-1236 Gilt, Amazonian
Condition Census What Is This?
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#1 PR64 PCGS grade
Heritage 7/2003:10031, $17,250 - American Numismatic Rarities 8/2006:940, $35,650 - Bob R. Simpson Collection |
#1 PR64 PCGS grade
Heritage 1/2008:3475, $17,250 - Bob R. Simpson Collection |
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#1 PR64 estimated grade
Gaston DiBello Collection - Stack’s 5/1970:481 - Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection - Harry W. Bass, Jr. Foundation (HBCC#6104) |
A couple (maybe more) of the $3 Amazonian patterns in copper (J-1236) were gold-plated at some point in their life. It is difficult to determine if this was done at the Mint or privately. The plating was done to give collectors a chance to own a coin that, at the very least, looked like the unique gold Amazonian $3. We know of three Gilt J-1236's -- see the PCGS CoinFacts Condition Census listing above -- and researcher Saul Teichman believes there may be one or two more.
J-1236 was part of a set of pattern coins known as "Amazonians", so-named because of the unusual, warrior-queen motif on the obverses of the 25C, 50C, and $1 (silver) coins. The $1 (gold), $2.50, $3, $5, $10, and $20 are called "Amazonians" despite the fact that their obverses show only a head of Liberty. However, there is a direct connection between them all because of the identical reverse design.