Set report · United States · Gold Coins
$3 Gold Piece: Who Owns What
How often each $3 Gold Piece coin actually turns up in a collection, measured by how many of the 62 collectors of this set have one. Coins are graded from Common to Extremely scarce against the set's most-owned coin — a measure of collecting frequency, not of how many survive.
Hardest to find in real collections
The five least-owned coins of the set — ownership counts are collector-reported.
…and the ones everybody has
Full set: ownership & rarity, coin by coin
Values by grade for each of these live on the $3 Gold Piece catalog pages and the full price guide.
| Coin | Mintage | Collectors | % of set collectors | How often collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1854 | 138,618 | 37 | 59.7% | Common |
| 1854-DA | 1,120 | 24 | 38.7% | Uncommon |
| 1854-O | 24,000 | 22 | 35.5% | Uncommon |
| 1855 | 50,555 | 22 | 35.5% | Uncommon |
| 1855-S | 6,600 | 21 | 33.9% | Uncommon |
| 1856 | 26,010 | 21 | 33.9% | Uncommon |
| 1856-S | 34,500 | 21 | 33.9% | Uncommon |
| 1857 | 20,891 | 20 | 32.3% | Uncommon |
| 1857-S | 14,000 | 21 | 33.9% | Uncommon |
| 1858 | 2,133 | 22 | 35.5% | Uncommon |
| 1859 | 15,558 | 19 | 30.6% | Uncommon |
| 1859 (Proof) | 80 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1860 | 7,036 | 19 | 30.6% | Uncommon |
| 1860 (Proof) | 119 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1860-S | 7,000 | 20 | 32.3% | Uncommon |
| 1861 | 5,959 | 19 | 30.6% | Uncommon |
| 1861 (Proof) | 113 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1862 | 5,750 | 19 | 30.6% | Uncommon |
| 1862 (Proof) | 35 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1863 | 5,000 | 19 | 30.6% | Uncommon |
| 1863 (Proof) | 39 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1864 | 2,630 | 18 | 29% | Scarce |
| 1864 (Proof) | 50 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1865 | 1,140 | 19 | 30.6% | Uncommon |
| 1865 (Proof) | 25 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1866 | 4,000 | 18 | 29% | Scarce |
| 1866 (Proof) | 30 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1867 | 2,600 | 18 | 29% | Scarce |
| 1867 (Proof) | 50 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1868 | 4,850 | 19 | 30.6% | Uncommon |
| 1868 (Proof) | 25 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1869 | 2,500 | 18 | 29% | Scarce |
| 1869 (Proof) | 25 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1870 | 3,500 | 18 | 29% | Scarce |
| 1870 (Proof) | 35 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1871 | 1,300 | 17 | 27.4% | Scarce |
| 1871 (Proof) | 30 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1872 | 2,000 | 17 | 27.4% | Scarce |
| 1872 (Proof) | 30 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1873 | — | 19 | 30.6% | Uncommon |
| 1873 (Proof) | 25 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1874 | 41,800 | 27 | 43.5% | Uncommon |
| 1874 (Proof) | 20 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1875 (Proof) | 20 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1876 (Proof) | 45 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1877 | 1,468 | 18 | 29% | Scarce |
| 1877 (Proof) | 20 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1878 | 82,304 | 24 | 38.7% | Uncommon |
| 1878 (Proof) | 20 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1879 | 3,000 | 17 | 27.4% | Scarce |
| 1879 (Proof) | 30 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1880 | 1,000 | 18 | 29% | Scarce |
| 1880 (Proof) | 36 | 4 | 6.5% | Very scarce |
| 1881 | 500 | 17 | 27.4% | Scarce |
| 1881 (Proof) | 54 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1882 | 1,500 | 18 | 29% | Scarce |
| 1882 (Proof) | 76 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1883 | 900 | 17 | 27.4% | Scarce |
| 1883 (Proof) | 89 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1884 | 1,000 | 19 | 30.6% | Uncommon |
| 1884 (Proof) | 106 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1885 | 800 | 18 | 29% | Scarce |
| 1885 (Proof) | 110 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1886 | 1,000 | 18 | 29% | Scarce |
| 1886 (Proof) | 142 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1887 | 6,000 | 16 | 25.8% | Scarce |
| 1887 (Proof) | 160 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1888 | 5,000 | 19 | 30.6% | Uncommon |
| 1888 (Proof) | 291 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1889 | 2,300 | 18 | 29% | Scarce |
| 1889 (Proof) | 129 | 3 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
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Based on the share of this set's collectors who own each coin — how often it turns up in a collection, not how many survive. Not the Sheldon rarity scale.
About these numbers
Ownership counts come from the same live per-coin counters shown across the LuckyCoin catalog; set-level collector counts come from the annual full-collection scan behind The State of Coin Collecting 2026. Counts are collector-reported and aggregate-only. Scarcity tiers come from 100 × (1 − owners ÷ owners of the set's most-owned coin): Common under 25, Uncommon 25–49, Scarce 50–74, Very scarce 75–89, Extremely scarce 90+. This reflects how often a coin is collected, not its surviving population — it is not the Sheldon rarity scale. CC BY 4.0 with attribution.