1870 (S) Indian Princess Three Dollar

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The 1870 (S) Indian Princess Three Dollar is a special strike three dollar gold piece struck at the San Francisco Mint, part of the Indian Princess Three Dollars 1854-1889 series. It is the only 1870-S three dollar gold piece known: the San Francisco coiner struck it from a die to which he had added the S by hand, and it became known only in 1907. The obverse features a female figure wearing a feathered headdress, representing Liberty in the guise of a Native American princess, similar to but distinct from the gold dollar design and the reverse displays a wreath of tobacco, wheat, corn, and cotton enclosing the denomination 3 DOLLARS and date. Minted during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, as the nation healed from civil war and debated the role of silver and gold in the monetary system. Struck in 90% gold, 10% copper, weighing 5.015 grams, 20.5 mm in diameter, with a reeded edge. Cataloged as PCGS #7992.