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HBCC #4040 – 1885 Indian Three-dollar Gold – Obverse HBCC #4040 – 1885 Indian Three-dollar Gold – Reverse
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1885 Indian Three-dollar Gold

HBCC#:
4040
Breen#:
6399
BD#:
n/a
Judd#:
n/a
Pollock#:
n/a

The 1885 $3 gold was a very low mintage issue, with just 800 circulation strikes and 110 Proofs coined. These Proofs were minted throughout the year. Official records provide the following deliveries: 38 in January, 16 in March, 15 in June, 1 in October, and 36 in December. It is interesting to speculate why a single Proof was minted in October. Probably about 50 proof examples survive in numismatic collections.

Provenance:
From Stack's sale of the DiBello Collection, May 1970, Lot 786.
Obverse:
Reverse:
Commentary:
(adapted): "Obverse: Two-thirds J.B.L. visible. R filled. Reverse: Date a bit low, level. 8 above square topped bow loop, loops open and complete ribbon. Wide Proof edge."