@toxicity, for sure I can see what looks like a number 3 when you draw it out like that so thank you. With that said, if this was a dropped letter (dropped number), then it would have to be the same size as one of the other 3s on this coin. In the case of a '17 cent, there aren't any number 3s at all. So does it look like a number three? Yes! Is it a number three? No, sorry.
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