classic U.S. gold

This 1888 Three-Dollar Gold Coin Is Closing in on $30,000… and Counting

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One lot in this week’s GreatCollections email really jumped off the page: an 1888 Three-Dollar Gold Piece, graded PCGS MS-66+ with CAC approval, already pushing close to $30,000 with plenty of bidding still to go. Three-dollar gold pieces are scarce to begin with. The entire series ran from 1854 to 1889, and the 1888 issue … Read more

Six-Figure 1927-S Saint-Gaudens Leads a Monster GreatCollections Week

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1927-S Saint-Gaudens PCGS MS-66 Steals the Spotlight If you like your gold coins big, bold, and budget-destroying, this week’s GreatCollections lineup is dangerous in the best way. The headline coin is a 1927-S Saint-Gaudens double eagle, graded PCGS MS-66, and traced to the Simpson and Elite collections. At the time of the email, it was … Read more