Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;howards, post: 2567022, member: 299&quot;]Yes,&nbsp; it looks like an Open 3.&nbsp; Sometimes it&#039;s very hard to tell.&nbsp; IMO, the conventional wisdom that Closed 3 is much scarcer than Open 3 is wrong.&nbsp; I see them with about equal frequency.</p><p><br /></p><p>Possible reason the conventional wisdom is wrong:&nbsp; It is assumed that since the switchover from closed to open happened early in the year that most of the year was spent producing open 3s.&nbsp; This does not allow for the possibility that the mint had a stock of closed 3 dies at the switchover date.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in