1885 P VAM Help Please. Clashes And Cracks!

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NGiles Pillar of the Community United States 527 Posts	Posted 04/03/2008 12:43 am I have been having trouble attributing this coin. It has die clashes, and it may be wishful thinking, but I think I can see the remains of the N and st on the obverse. I can faintly see the diamond shape that is in the middle of the N. I can definitely see the square shape in the vee of the hair where the st clash is. It looks to me as if the clashes were on an earlier die state, and then not all the way polished off. I will list the original pics and ones that I have out lined so you can see what I am referring to. The closest listing I can see is the 1A2. The clashes are in the right locations, but my coin does not have a pitted reverse. Also my coin is cracked up the wazoo. I will include a picture where I have outlined the cracks and some pictures of the more interesting cracks. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Here are the pics. Sorry there are a lot. Obverse Reverse Obverse Cracks Reverse Cracks Split crack P Crack Neck Clash N Clash. It's very faint look close. Traced N Clashed ST and crack through hair. Traced ST Clash Edited by NGiles 04/03/2008 12:48 am Report this Post to the Staff

wrongalot Pillar of the Community United States 608 Posts	Posted 04/03/2008 01:35 am If you have not already gone to vamworld, that site is a wonderful tool, and you can post your coin and ask for them to look up VAM for you. At least they helped me with one I could not attribute. Might give it a try.. Report this Post to the Staff
NGiles Pillar of the Community United States 527 Posts	Posted 04/03/2008 2:06 pm I have checked the references at VAMworld, and I have not found a satisfactory conclusion. As for posting it there I have yet to do so. I prefer this site as my first attempt. I will go there if I don't find any solutions here. Report this Post to the Staff
NGiles Pillar of the Community United States 527 Posts	Posted 04/03/2008 10:57 pm Does anyone else see the N, or am I just dreming? Report this Post to the Staff
chuckster 125 Pillar of the Community United States 4113 Posts	Posted 04/04/2008 01:21 am Try E mailing Jack Lee at VAM World- I've already sent him a couple of e mails with pics and he has gotten back to me very fast with answers. One of which made me very happy, and also should make you happy! You were right on the button with my 1921P. Morgan- he looked at the pics etc-definitely a 1921VAM3H-the die gouges in the olive branches supersedes the VAM3-16 berries/spiked F. If you get a chance, I'm going to listing a new post- on a 1882P Morgan- Would like you input on this. Jack says its from overpolishing dies and on lots Morgans. Thanks again. <<<edited by tights24 to remove email address from this post. Please use the internal email service we provide instead of listing emails in posts. This attracts bad spam bots to this site..>>> Report this Post to the Staff
NGiles Pillar of the Community United States 527 Posts	Posted 04/04/2008 8:24 pm Well VAMworld found it for me. This coin is a VAM 1F. It is a much later die state than in the pictures on VAMworld, but after checking the details very closely, I must agree. Thanks for the feedback. Report this Post to the Staff
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