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1873 Closed 3 Indian Head penny value guide -- the date variety explained, and grade-by-grade prices.
Condition drives the price — full breakdown below.
11,676,500 struck — against the other key dates in the Indian Head Penny series.
Bars are scaled to keep the smallest mintages visible; the exact figure is printed on every row. Mintage is coins struck, not coins surviving — melting and circulation wear thin those numbers further.
1873 cents exist in two main date-digit varieties -- "Closed 3" (the top and bottom of the 3 nearly touch) and "Open 3" (a more open gap) -- caused by a mid-year die change, not a deliberate design choice.
A separate, much rarer "Double Liberty" doubled-die variety also exists for 1873, worth roughly 15-25x the Closed 3 price at the same grade.
Mintage of 11,676,500 covers all 1873 varieties combined (Closed 3 + Open 3 + Double Liberty), not Closed 3 alone.
Other dates and varieties in this series
What to check before you pay, specific to this date and its 11,676,500-coin mintage.
The same date runs from about $34 worn to $612 at the top of the scale — a 18× spread. Nearly all of that gap is condition, not the date on the coin, so work out where an example sits on the table above before deciding whether its asking price is fair.
A PCGS or NGC holder settles authenticity and grade in one go, which is most of what you're actually paying for at this level. The premium it adds is small next to the cost of being wrong about either.
Every Indian Head Penny listed here is priced by an individual seller, so the same coin in the same grade can differ by a wide margin on any given day. Sort by price, check Metal Points and order history for a sense of the seller's record, and message them if the photos don't show enough to grade confidently.
About the 1873 Closed 3 Indian Head Penny
Value depends heavily on condition. A well-worn example brings closer to $34, while an uncirculated one can reach $612 or more.
1873 cents exist in two main date-digit varieties -- "Closed 3" (the top and bottom of the 3 nearly touch) and "Open 3" (a more open gap) -- caused by a mid-year die change, not a deliberate design choice.
For anything you believe is a key date or an error, professional grading protects both buyer and seller by settling condition and authenticity before money changes hands.
The rest of the series, with what each is worth at the top of the grade scale.
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