Three Dollar Gold Price Guide
The Indian Princess Three-Dollar Gold Piece was the shortest-lived gold coin denomination circulating for only 35 years from 1854-1889. After the California Gold Rush, Congress authorized three new denominations; the gold dollar, three-dollar gold piece, and a $20 Double Eagle. Designed by U.S. Mint’s Chief Sculptor-Engraver, James Barton Longacre, the Indian Princess dollar and $3 Indian Princess gold piece was a completely different design change from the Liberty gold series. Longacre’s $3 Indian Princess stands apart from any other coins produced by the U.S. Mint as the only $3 coin ever issued and beginning of the Indian design. Longacre wanted to make his design emblematic of the frontier and the American spirit. The obverse shows a Indian Princess wearing a pom-pom feathered headdress with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA surrounding the edge. The reverse displays the denomination and date enclosed within a “Fruits of the Land” wreath. The denomination was to help facilitate the purchase of postage stamps in packs of 100 at 3 cents apiece, but the new design was rejected by the public. Very small mintages of the coin were produced during its short lifespan, making the $3 Indian Princess low mintage very popular with collectors today.
$3 Gold | FMV MS61 |
FMV MS62 |
FMV MS63 |
FMV MS64 |
FMV MS65 |
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1854 | $3,300 | $3,810 | $6,060 | $7,700 | $14,630 |
1854 D | $182,000 | $357,500 | — | — | — |
1854 O | $61,750 | $95,230 | $118,130 | — | — |
1855 | $4,030 | $4,650 | $6,470 | $9,650 | $38,350 |
1855 S | $44,060 | $64,380 | $100,750 | $279,500 | — |
1856 | $4,030 | $5,560 | $7,640 | $11,410 | $49,280 |
1856 S | $15,410 | $25,350 | $39,380 | $70,850 | — |
1857 | $4,970 | $6,180 | $9,040 | $22,750 | $45,310 |
1857 S | $35,430 | $64,380 | $73,130 | $105,630 | — |
1858 | $19,180 | $21,130 | $26,980 | $46,150 | $68,130 |
1859 | $4,910 | $5,400 | $12,510 | $14,630 | $27,950 |
1860 | $5,530 | $8,940 | $10,760 | $17,880 | $42,190 |
1860 S | $38,350 | $60,940 | — | $357,500 | — |
1861 | $14,760 | $17,230 | $20,740 | $25,350 | $42,530 |
1862 | $11,470 | $13,980 | $18,010 | $25,680 | $48,750 |
1863 | $14,760 | $16,250 | $18,660 | $23,730 | $44,210 |
1864 | $12,450 | $14,110 | $19,960 | $27,950 | $55,690 |
1865 | $21,260 | $27,950 | $31,560 | $50,050 | $66,490 |
1866 | $7,700 | $9,390 | $10,730 | $15,410 | $42,190 |
1867 | $9,560 | $11,080 | $18,850 | $29,250 | $50,630 |
1868 | $6,960 | $8,290 | $10,690 | $12,580 | $37,130 |
1869 | $7,120 | $10,600 | $16,580 | $32,180 | $64,130 |
1870 | $6,730 | $10,990 | $18,660 | $41,280 | $62,780 |
1871 | $8,350 | $10,820 | $12,840 | $23,080 | $47,930 |
1872 | $7,740 | $9,390 | $13,980 | $34,450 | $53,330 |
1873 Open 3 Pr Only | — | — | — | — | — |
1873 Closed 3 | $36,080 | $42,250 | $58,130 | $79,950 | — |
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$14,690 |
1875 Pr Only | — | — | — | — | — |
$3 Gold | FMV MS61 |
FMV MS62 |
FMV MS63 |
FMV MS64 |
FMV MS65 |
1876 Pr Only | — | — | — | — | — |
1877 | $30,880 | $45,630 | $58,130 | $89,050 | $114,080 |
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1879 | $4,940 | $6,010 | $7,740 | $9,530 | $17,550 |
1880 | $7,740 | $8,740 | $12,160 | $15,940 | $22,100 |
1881 | $19,440 | $20,480 | $26,460 | $43,880 | $62,440 |
1882 | $6,720 | $8,420 | $10,630 | $13,650 | $27,630 |
1883 | $6,780 | $8,090 | $10,560 | $14,300 | $32,830 |
1884 | $8,940 | $10,160 | $14,110 | $22,950 | $38,140 |
1885 | $9,000 | $10,240 | $13,980 | ![]() |
$32,180 |
1886 | $7,380 | $9,460 | $18,140 | $29,580 | $57,660 |
1887 | $4,560 | $6,080 | $7,310 | $9,220 | $16,710 |
1888 | $4,280 | $6,410 | $7,310 | $7,690 | $15,000 |
1889 | $5,000 | $5,470 | $7,050 | $8,030 | $16,900 |
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$14,060 |