1875 Three Dollar Gold (Proof-only)
- Maker
- U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)
- Year
- 1875
- Rank
- 63 of 100
1875 Three Dollar Gold (Proof-only)
1875 Three Dollar Gold (Proof-only) by U.S. Mint (Philadelphia) (1875) is ranked 63 in the FLOAT 100 for Coins. It sold for $253,000. A proof-only date and the first American coin ever to break $100,000 at auction (1974); a blue-chip gold proof.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
A proof-only date and the first American coin ever to break $100,000 at auction (1974); a blue-chip gold proof.
$3 gold, Indian Princess, proof-only date, PCGS PR64+ Deep Cameo
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $253,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
Proof-only 1875 $3 gold; multiple examples have sold over $200,000 and two at $253,000 each. The 1974 sale at $150,000 made it the first US coin to exceed $100,000 at auction.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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- 2026-08-08