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Representative image of the Liberty Head Double Eagle design · Public domain — US Mint (coin), National Numismatic Collection (photograph by Jaclyn Nash)
Double Eagle · $20.00

1873 Open 3 Liberty Head Double Eagle

Open 3

Intriguing History

The 1873 Open 3 double eagle is one of the most common Liberty Head $20s from before the mid-1890s, in sharp contrast to the rare Closed 3 struck the same year at the same mint.

Key Features

  • About 12,500 estimated survivors, about 3,000 in Mint State. Philadelphia 1873 mintage 1,709,800 includes both varieties. Source: PCGS.
Total Weight33.43 g

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