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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 26493421, member: 4626&quot;]Indeed, in which case the last $3 gold piece, made for circulation in San Francisco, would be the 1860-S.&nbsp; Still somewhat scarce, with a mintage of about 7000, but within the realm of reason to acquire without being a millionaire.&nbsp; You can afford it if you&#039;re merely a thousandaire lol.&nbsp; (Last I checked I found an XF-45 of it for about $1200 so gives you an idea of the ballpark of this thing).</p><p><br /></p><p>The only one confirmed to exist (there&#039;s unconfirmed rumors that there&#039;s another one, still in the cornerstone, but I don&#039;t know how they&#039;d confirm that without damaging the building lol) 1870-S was graded by PCGS as SP-50 (so essentially AU-50 but it has some kind of special process in minting it).&nbsp; It has a &quot;3&quot; scratched on the front and has some slight damage that suggests it was probably a jewelry piece at some point (the 50 is essentially a net grade, but the label doesn&#039;t state that it is and doesn&#039;t have &quot;details&quot; on it).&nbsp; The label is gold foil and mentions it as part of the Bass collection (before that, it was owned by Eliasberg).&nbsp; The spacing between the date and &quot;DOLLARS&quot; is slightly different than on standard issues.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1870-s-3/7992" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1870-s-3/7992" rel="nofollow">https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1870-s-3/7992</a></p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS estimates the value at AU/SP 50 at $5.6 million, but whoever has it I&#039;m sure can name their price if they&#039;re ever in the mood to sell it.&nbsp; Last time it changed hands was at an auction in January 2023 for $5,520,000.</p><p><br /></p><p>But yeah, 1870-S was definitely not intended to circulate, so 1860-S instead.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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