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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ksparrow, post: 4744385, member: 7638&quot;]I pulled out my copy of Breen&#039;s encylopedia, which still has a lot of useful information, and read that in 1870, the 3$ dies that were sent to the SF mint lacked a mintmark.&nbsp; 2000 pieces were struck but not released, and the dies were to be returned to the Philadelphia mint, but not before the coiner added an S to one of the dies and struck a single example to be placed in the cornerstone of the new SF mint (the Granite Lady).&nbsp; He apparently struck an extra one, though, for &quot;personal use.&quot;&nbsp; Supposedly, it had a loop attached and was possibly used as a watch fob. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; This coin, without the loop, found its way into the Eliasberg collection, and was sold with that set in 1982 for 687,500. I don&#039;t know where it is now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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