The Type 3 Gold Dollar, minted from 1856 to 1889, was the final and longest-lived design iteration of the denomination. Larger than the Type 2 at 15mm in diameter, the Type 3 maintained the increased size while refining Longacre’s Indian Princess design into a more successful and aesthetically pleasing form. This 1886 Pre-33 $1 Indian Princess Gold Coin offers an MS65 certification with radiant, satin luster. Today, the 1886 Pre-33 $1 Indian Princess Gold Coin is available from JM Bullion.
Coin Highlights:
The 1886 Gold Dollar stands as one of the lowest-mintage regular-issue coins in the entire Type 3 series, with only 5,000 pieces struck at the Philadelphia Mint. By the 1880s, gold dollars had fallen almost entirely out of circulation, rendered obsolete by paper currency and larger denomination coins, so production numbers had dwindled dramatically from the hundreds of thousands minted in earlier decades. Today, the 1886 is highly prized by collectors for its scarcity, particularly in higher grades, and examples command significant premiums over more common dates in the series.
This 1886 Pre-33 $1 Indian Princess Gold Coin is in MS65 condition. This coin boasts a uniformly rich, yellow-gold surface. The devices are sharply struck and impart a crisp definition in the designs, with bright cartwheel toning moving around the fields. These coins come from an extremely low mintage of just 5,000 coins.
On the obverse of the 1886 Pre-33 Indian Princess Gold Coin, you will find a stylized Indian Princess wearing a feathered headdress, facing left, with “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” encircling the portrait and the date below. Longacre’s design was inspired by classical Greek and Roman statuary rather than authentic Native American imagery, representing Liberty in allegorical form as an “Indian Princess”—a motif that became iconic in American numismatics.
The reverse of the 1886 Pre-33 $1 Indian Princess Gold Coin comes with the agricultural wreath design from earlier types, featuring a wreath of corn, cotton, tobacco, and wheat encircling the denomination “1 DOLLAR” at the center. The wreath is rendered with somewhat more detail than on the Type 1 due to the larger coin size, and the composition creates a balanced, symmetrical appearance.
Please contact JM Bullion if you have any questions about rare US gold coins for sale. You can call us at 800-276-6508, chat with us online, or email us.
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The Type 3 Gold Dollar, minted from 1856 to 1889, was the final and longest-lived design iteration of the denomination. Larger than the Type 2 at 15mm in diameter, the Type 3 maintained the increased size while refining Longacre’s Indian Princess design into a more successful and aesthetically pleasing form. This 1886 Pre-33 $1 Indian Princess Gold Coin offers an MS65 certification with radiant, satin luster. Today, the 1886 Pre-33 $1 Indian Princess Gold Coin is available from JM Bullion.
Coin Highlights:
The 1886 Gold Dollar stands as one of the lowest-mintage regular-issue coins in the entire Type 3 series, with only 5,000 pieces struck at the Philadelphia Mint. By the 1880s, gold dollars had fallen almost entirely out of circulation, rendered obsolete by paper currency and larger denomination coins, so production numbers had dwindled dramatically from the hundreds of thousands minted in earlier decades. Today, the 1886 is highly prized by collectors for its scarcity, particularly in higher grades, and examples command significant premiums over more common dates in the series.
This 1886 Pre-33 $1 Indian Princess Gold Coin is in MS65 condition. This coin boasts a uniformly rich, yellow-gold surface. The devices are sharply struck and impart a crisp definition in the designs, with bright cartwheel toning moving around the fields. These coins come from an extremely low mintage of just 5,000 coins.
On the obverse of the 1886 Pre-33 Indian Princess Gold Coin, you will find a stylized Indian Princess wearing a feathered headdress, facing left, with “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” encircling the portrait and the date below. Longacre’s design was inspired by classical Greek and Roman statuary rather than authentic Native American imagery, representing Liberty in allegorical form as an “Indian Princess”—a motif that became iconic in American numismatics.
The reverse of the 1886 Pre-33 $1 Indian Princess Gold Coin comes with the agricultural wreath design from earlier types, featuring a wreath of corn, cotton, tobacco, and wheat encircling the denomination “1 DOLLAR” at the center. The wreath is rendered with somewhat more detail than on the Type 1 due to the larger coin size, and the composition creates a balanced, symmetrical appearance.
Please contact JM Bullion if you have any questions about rare US gold coins for sale. You can call us at 800-276-6508, chat with us online, or email us.