Quote: Not familiar with the varieties of the Indian heads, do all 'close' 3's have the lump between the C and wreath or, just some?
Just some of the reverses have the die lump. In fact, the 1873 S1 variety has 2 reverse dies, one without the die lump (S1a) and one with the die lump (S1b). So really worn examples of S1a would be really difficult to find without the die lump to serve as a marker.
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