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    1870-S $3 Gold

    Mar 06, 2020 3 minutes
    (Images courtesy Stack’s Bowers via usacoinbook.com.)

    The 1870-S $3 gold piece is one of the great American rarities and one of the great American stories. You could also say it is one of the great American numismatic mysteries as well, for we have never fully been able to explain the 1870-S and why it exists today.

    On inspection of the official records you will find that there is no record of an 1870-S $3 gold coin

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