1873 1C Indian Head Cent PCGS Genuine Environmental Damage - XF Detail, Open 3

Ah yes, the famous 1873 “Open 3” cent. Because apparently, in 1873 the U.S. Mint’s biggest concern wasn’t an economic depression, but whether the “3” looked like it was on a juice cleanse.

This one’s “XF Detail,” which is numismatic code for: at one point this coin actually looked pretty good—before it went through the Civil War reenactment in your backyard sandbox. PCGS politely calls it “Environmental Damage,” which is just a classy way of saying it survived 150 years of questionable storage choices.

Still, the details are sharp, Lady Liberty’s feather headdress hasn’t fully dissolved into “mud chic,” and hey—it’s genuine! (Because nothing screams confidence like a slab reminding you it’s real.)

So here you go: a coin that says, “I was born in 1873, I fought the environment, and I lost.” But at least it lost in style.