United States 1870-S $3 Gold Coin
A great numismatic rarity was interred in the San Francisco Mint on May 25, 1870, during a Masonic ceremony , a 1870-S $3 Gold Coin.
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A great numismatic rarity was interred in the San Francisco Mint on May 25, 1870, during a Masonic ceremony , a 1870-S $3 Gold Coin.
CoinWeek IQ discusses the history and provenance of one of the rarest United States gold coins: the extraordinary 1870-S $3 gold piece.
United States 1870-S $3 Gold Coin A great numismatic rarity was interred in the northeast cornerstone of the second San Francisco Mint on May 25, 1870, during a Masonic ceremony covered by the press. Struck especially for the event using modified dies, the 1870-S $3 gold coin joined a number of other extraordinary numismatic rarities in a copper casket in the new facility’s cornerstone, ostensibly out of collectors’ reach. The facility was completed in 1874 and would go on to serve the western region of the nation’s coinage needs until 1937. In 1907, almost four decades after the corn...