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No Arrows Term applied to coins without arrows by their dates during years when other coins had arrows by the date. (Example: the 1853 No Arrows half dime and 1853 Arrows half dime.) ...
No Arrows, Open 3
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2020 1873 No Arrows. Open 3. Wiley Bugert-101. F-12. Light gray surfaces with some hints of gold toning. A circulated example of this very elusive variety.
- No Motto; No Arrows or Rays; weight 6.68 grams; 1838-1853 (Variety 1, Red Book)
- No Motto; Arrows and Rays; weight 6.22 grams; 1853 (Variety 2, Red Book)
- No Motto; Arrows, no Rays; weight 6.22 grams; 1854-1855 (Variety 3, Red Book) ...
Scarce dates abound, and some are nearly impossible to find, particularly in high grademost notably 1844-O, 1846, 1849-O and 1853-O No Arrows.
One by one such rarities as the 1913 Liberty Head nickel, 1873-CC No Arrows and 1894-S dimes, 1876-CC twenty-cent piece, 1827 and 1873-CC No Arrows quarter dollars, the 1838-O half dollar, silver dollars of 1804 and 1870-S, ...
SEATED LIBERTY HALF, NO ARROWS, MOTTO TYPE, 1881, NUMISMATIC GUARANTY CORPORATION (NGC) CHOICE PROOF-63, Breen 4108. Only 975 Proofs minted fewer survive this good.
As one might expect, the wholesale removal of all pre-1853 silver coins did create several rarities, and in the half dime series the 1853-O No Arrows issue is a significant rarity that has sometimes been counterfeited by altering an 1858-O coin.
The sale consisted of 1348 lots and it realized $11,598,000. Highlights included a Gem Proof 1913 Liberty Nickel which sold for a record $1,485,000 and the unique 1873-CC No Arrows Dime that brought $550,000.
 See also: Dollar, Half, Liberty, Silver, Mint
  
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