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1881 $3 MS65
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1881 $3  MS

MS65

1881 $3

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$1,234
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$1,234
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1881 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. AU-55 (NGC). CAC.
AU55 NGC CAC
1881 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. AU-55 (NGC). CAC. CAC approved
$13,420
Sold 9/2/2026
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
1881 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. AU Details--Harshly Cleaned (PCGS).
1881 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. AU Details--Harshly Cleaned (PCGS).
$3,840
Sold 9/4/2025
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
1881 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. EF-45 (PCGS).
XF45 PCGS
1881 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. EF-45 (PCGS).
$6,600
Sold 4/2/2025
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
1881 $3 -- Mount Removed, Repaired, Cleaned -- ANACS Details. AU50. Mintage 500. ...
AU50 ANACS
1881 $3 -- Mount Removed, Repaired, Cleaned -- ANACS Details. AU50. Mintage 500. ...
$3,720
Sold 12/25/2024
Heritage Auctions
1881 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. AU-50 (PCGS). CAC. OGH.
AU50 PCGS CAC
1881 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. AU-50 (PCGS). CAC. OGH. CAC approved
$11,400
Sold 11/21/2024
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
1881 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. AU-58 (PCGS). CMQ.
AU58 PCGS
1881 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. AU-58 (PCGS). CMQ.
$12,600
Sold 11/19/2024
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
1881 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. AU Details--Cleaned (PCGS).
$5,760
Sold 8/17/2024
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
1881 $3 AU55 NGC....
AU55 NGC
1881 $3 AU55 NGC....
$9,900
Sold 11/16/2023
Heritage Auctions
1881 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. VF-30 (NGC).
VF30 NGC
1881 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. VF-30 (NGC).
$3,600
Sold 8/27/2022
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
1881 $3 AU53 PCGS. ...
AU53 PCGS
1881 $3 AU53 PCGS. ...
$6,600
Sold 4/26/2019
Heritage Auctions
1881 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. AU-53 (ANACS). OH.
AU53 ANACS
1881 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. AU-53 (ANACS). OH.
$3,960
Sold 3/20/2019
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
1881 $3 XF40 NGC. ...
XF40 NGC
1881 $3 XF40 NGC. ...
$3,290
Sold 1/12/2015
Heritage Auctions
1881 $3 XF45 ANACS. The 1881 has the lowest mintage among Philadelphia Threes, and is the fourth rarest P-mint issue in the...
XF45 ANACS
$4,600
Sold 1/7/2006
Heritage Auctions
1881 $3--Mount Removed, Damaged, Cleaned--ANACS. VG Details, Net G4....
G4 ANACS
$374
Sold 1/17/2005
Heritage Auctions
1881 $3--Ex-Jewelry, Cleaned--ANACS. AU Details, Net VF20....
VF20 ANACS
$920
Sold 4/27/2002
Heritage Auctions
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