Three-Dollars, 1876, some scattered hairlines and tiny dark spots, otherwise choice Proof with pleasing cameo contrast, very rare, just forty-five Proofs of the date were struck, with no business strikes coined, Akers (Volume III, page 53) noted, "next to the 1875, this is the most in-demand date in the series" | Christie's

Lot 87

1876 THREE-DOLLARS A PROOF-ONLY ISSUE

Three-Dollars, 1876, some scattered hairlines and tiny dark spots, otherwise choice Proof with pleasing cameo contrast, very rare, just forty-five Proofs of the date were struck, with no business strikes coined, Akers (Volume III, page 53) noted, "next to the 1875, this is the most in-demand date in the series"

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Three-Dollars, 1876, some scattered hairlines and tiny dark spots, otherwise choice Proof with pleasing cameo contrast, very rare, just forty-five Proofs of the date were struck, with no business strikes coined, Akers (Volume III, page 53) noted, "next to the 1875, this is the most in-demand date in the series"