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1861 GOLD $3 INDIAN PRINCESS HEAD NGC AU53 ONLY 5,846 MINTED

1861 GOLD  $3 INDIAN PRINCESS HEAD NGC AU53 ONLY 5,846 MINTED
1861 GOLD  $3 INDIAN PRINCESS HEAD NGC AU53 ONLY 5,846 MINTED
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INDIAN PRINCESS HEAD $3 GOLD COIN

DESIGN IN USE FROM 1854-1889

CERTIFIED BY NGC ABOUT UNCIRCULATED 53

OBV:  HEAD OF AN INDIAN PRINCESS LEFT WITH HAIR TIGHTLY CURLING OVER NECK AND CROWNED WITH A CIRCLE OF FEATHERS HEADRESS AND "LIBERTY" INSCRIBED ON THE HEADBAND.

REV: BOWED WREATH OF CORN, COTTON, WHEAT AND TOBACCO ENCIRCLING DENOMINATION AND DATE.

KM # 84

THE THREE DOLLAR DENOMINATION WAS ENACTED BY CONGRESS TO MAKE IT EASY TO BUY A 100 COUNT SHEET OF 3 CENT STAMPS.

DESIGNED BY JAMES B. LONGACRE.

THE YEAR THIS COIN WAS STRUCK, FORCES OF THE NEWLY FORMED CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA FIRED ON THE UNION GARRISON AT FORT SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA, IGNITING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.

 CONTAINS 5.015 GRAMS OF .900 GOLD (.1452 OZ)

20.5 MM IN DIAMETER

ONLY 5,846 MINTED!