1876 Indian Princess Three Dollar
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About This Coin
The 1876 Indian Princess Three Dollar is a United States three dollar gold piece from the Indian Princess Three Dollars 1854-1889 series. The Philadelphia Mint struck 45 proof three dollar gold pieces dated 1876, and no business strikes. 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. Proof-only production (45 struck) during the Centennial year. Struck in 90% gold, 10% copper, weighing 5.015 grams, 20.5 mm in diameter, with a reeded edge. Designed by James Barton Longacre.
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