Is the $3 gold an uninspired design?

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• michael Posts: 9,524 ✭✭✭

  November 25, 2005 12:30PM

  you had better go in for lazer surgery your eyes are getting really blurry

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• chabot510 Posts: 1,291 ✭

  November 25, 2005 12:49PM

  i think the obverse is great, especially size wise. the reverse leaves a lot to be desired. Now if they had a nice eagle on the reverse like the libs, then it would be a great coin.

  Nick
  

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• Struntz Posts: 15 ✭✭

  November 25, 2005 2:02PM

  I have always been rather partial to the $3 design, but that may be because I used to own Longacre's original wax models for both sides. They are illustrated in my article on Longacre in the October, 1985 "The Numismatist."
  The reason for not using an eagle on the reverse was to make the coin easily distinguishable from the $5, which was only slightly larger in diameter. See the 1872 Amazonian gold pattern set, which was done in all the same design, to see how similar the $3 and the $5 are.
  Tom DeLorey

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• Bustman Posts: 1,911 ✭

  November 25, 2005 10:20PM

  I love the $3design. Simple and elegant. Perfect for the size of the coin.

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• coinkat Posts: 23,850 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 25, 2005 11:04PM

  Not the best design, but original examples are quite tough. Original undipped AU and higher examples are still reasonably priced for their rarity.
  
  edited to add:
  
  I like Seated Dollars more for the design and original, undipped examples with the exception of about 3-4 dates are tough and also remain reasonably priced

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• EagleEye Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 27, 2005 2:51AM

  Struntz,
  Welcome (back) to the boards. BTW, Where does "Struntz" come from? I like Spock much better.
  
  I like the Three dollar design because its the same portrait used on the Indian cent. It has a different headdress - The Three Dollar has a northern Mexico (S. Californian) Indian headdress while the cent has a Lake Superior (Chippawa) Indian headdress.
  
  The reverse is the same as used on the Flying Eagle cent.
  
  I also like it because now I own the original wax models, courtesy of Struntz (Spock). I also got the original priced bid book for the 1870 Longacre sale where it first appreared.

  Rick Snow, Eagle Eye Rare Coins, Inc.Check out my new web site:

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