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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3145159, member: 10461&quot;]By my reckoning, your coin has around VF (Very Fine) details, gradewise, but also some surface issues which would devalue it somewhat below the VF20 grade/price level.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the <a href="http://numismedia.com/fmv/fmv.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismedia.com/fmv/fmv.shtml" rel="nofollow">Numismedia</a> trend values for the 1873 Indian cents:</p><ul> <li>They price the <a href="http://www.numismedia.com/cgi-bin/coinprice.cgi?script=indcnt&amp;searchtype=any&amp;searchtext=fmv&amp;search=any&amp;nmcode=10414000&amp;guide=prices&amp;guide2=pricesms" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numismedia.com/cgi-bin/coinprice.cgi?script=indcnt&amp;searchtype=any&amp;searchtext=fmv&amp;search=any&amp;nmcode=10414000&amp;guide=prices&amp;guide2=pricesms" rel="nofollow">Open 3</a> at $55 in F12 and $83 in VF20.</li> </ul><p> <ul> <li>They price the <a href="http://www.numismedia.com/cgi-bin/coinprice.cgi?script=indcnt&amp;searchtype=any&amp;searchtext=fmv&amp;search=any&amp;nmcode=10414300&amp;guide=prices&amp;guide2=pricesms" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numismedia.com/cgi-bin/coinprice.cgi?script=indcnt&amp;searchtype=any&amp;searchtext=fmv&amp;search=any&amp;nmcode=10414300&amp;guide=prices&amp;guide2=pricesms" rel="nofollow">Closed 3</a> at $61 in F12 and $81 in VF20.</li> </ul><p>Below is a date comparison of the varieties from <a href="http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/2106" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/2106" rel="nofollow">PCGS Coinfacts</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think &quot;Closed 3&quot; is a bit of a misnomer for this variety, since the 3 isn&#039;t really &quot;closed&quot; at all- it just has the balls of the serifs slightly closer together.&nbsp; Really, I find it easier not to focus on the 3 but rather on the overall size of the date itself, and its proximity to the rim.&nbsp; See the difference there?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://images.pcgs.com/CoinFacts/2109_37656313_2200.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m really not sure which variety your coin is, but assuming VF detail and deducting some for the minor surface roughness, I&#039;d say it&#039;s a $30 coin on the low end and $50-ish on the high end, but that&#039;s just my take on the matter.&nbsp; There&#039;s not a really big price spread between the two varieties at this grade level.&nbsp; And the surface issues are a bit of a curve ball- different folks would discount that differently, if you know what I mean.</p><p><br /></p><p>But Indian cents from the 1870s are nice to have, and that one has some nice detail despite its minor problems.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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