One of the questions I always have, AS DUE to the lack of real detailed photo's...especially in a die state progression is "Where is the line drawn?" between die progressions...
Thanks Russ for your explination....but I do have one one question
as it is a die study thingy...
due to the lack of real good close ups.from the originator of this post...I have had to go back to
VAM 2c where the break started.......but VW does have an error in there number 4 photo, stating
VAM 2a shows a cap break..
this is incorrect for the published
VAM 2a series...
BACK to
VAM 2c, where the break originates.......which shows the traditionalclashing on the reverse photo, one would EXPECT the neck clash to be present....
VAM 2c1 notes the die break and the neck clashes have been polished out,
with up to 4 clashing known at this point, but polished out,,,,Pics on
VAM World
VAM 2c1 do not show
any cap break, as it was removed due to polishing.....it is also known as the "9 degree's" rotation
...yet the break "RE-emerged" WHY? because the break above the die was
filed down, but the crack below the surface, was still there and "would resurface" in production....
So we know
VAM 2c2 has the breaks and also still once again shows the evidence of many clashes.after polishing,
which would mean it again had more clashing for it to be evident....
Now my hole point of this is 2 fold.....
one to follow and understand the progression even if all of the photo's are not present on
VAM World, yet our pictures still re there to fill in the blanks....
one of the statements was, there "could be more varieties still out there",
VAM 2c3 the dies were reset to Zero degree's rotation....
One of the first things I SAW, was when I looked at this coin,
and reviewed all of the photo's and descriptions. was evident in all
VAM World photo's,...
is that the Cap die break, is evident from NON close up photo's...........
further more....its always in only one spot, as it should be,,,,
yet the originator of this post photo's from a non close up photo shows "another possible break"
about 1/2 inch up the cap........no other photo's show this
here is the originators photo, once again...
notice the overall OBV picture from a non close up perspective...
the cap break is eveident as shown
from all known
VAM World photo's as expected whith one exception...there is something above the break, perhaps an additional break not yet known?
here is the originators semi close up
now here is the copied photo he has posted,, enlarged and cropped to show the above possible new break above the cap.......
I am willing to go out on a limb here..."not to say so", but rather...in the die thingy progression states, Many important little things are not photoed or taken into account until we question them! That is why we ask such things... The author of this post, is just an average person who we must ask for macro photo's they may not able to produce, for those of us who delve and research into pimples if you know my meaning here... But here is the difference between
VAM attributions...
And I must question...with a macro mind...
G
Posted 08/19/2012 07:25 am
Well this is a case of the die is the die. Your coin is a mid die state of the Vam-2c1. When looking at many 
