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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PennyGuy, post: 1914332, member: 17502&quot;]Thought I would put this here so other two cent collectors might find it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just picked up my new 2015 Red Book. First thing I checked was the mintage of the 1873 two cent piece. </p><p><br /></p><p>To refresh everyone&#039;s memory 1873 was the year the digit 3 of the date was changed on many of our coins from the Closed 3 to the Open 3 variety. The Red Book first listed these two cent varieties in the 13th Edition in 1960, then added mintage estimates of 600 Closed 3 and 500 Open 3 coins in the 21st Edition dated 1968. Also in the 21st Edition the term &quot;restrike&quot; was added to the Open 3 variety, meaning the coins were struck at some later date after 1873.</p><p><br /></p><p>The new 68th Edition, dated 2015, now lists a <b>total</b> of 600 proof pieces minted for both the Closed and Open 3 varieties. This is a major change due in large part to the research done by Kevin Flynn and reported in his book &quot;The Authoritative Reference On Two Cents Coins&quot; 2011. His research focused on the sales of poof sets during 1873 and showed that the previously believed total of 1,100 pieces simply wasn&#039;t possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>To a two cent collector like myself this is a major change, now what about that word &quot;restrike&quot;? Could that also soon be dropped?</p><p><br /></p><p>I should note here that I would not have been able to research the evolution of changes to the two cent listings over the years if Treashunt hadn&#039;t gotten me started collecting Red Books. Thanks Frank.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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