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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 26638651, member: 101855&quot;]One feature of the 1873 U.S. coins is that the date has an open and closed 3. The closed 3 came first. On some coins that date was quite small, and when mint officials looked at it, the closed 3 looked like an &quot;8.&quot; That prompted them to modify the number up with the open 3. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are examples of each on 1873 Indian Cents. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Closed 3 is slightly scarcer on the Indian Cent</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1699055[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I had trouble getting the close-up to work, so I changed it to B&amp;W.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1699056[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the open 3.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1699057[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The open 3 close up</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1699058[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I had both types when I built an Indian Cent Set when I was in high school and college, so I decided to do it again. The Open 3 cent was one of my FUN purchases.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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