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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2371801, member: 1892&quot;]I&#039;m sorry, I can&#039;t even download the images at all on my connection. This is why you so rarely see me in grading threads here. All I can do is offer sight-unseen commentary.</p><p><br /></p><p>VAM-2 is a fascinating variety, likely the last Morgan struck at Carson City. A run of some 12 branch mint Proofs was struck with this die pair, from a later-state, polished-down version of VAM-2A. There are also Business Strikes known in that late stage, I&#039;m guessing just prior to the Proofs which ought to have been the very_last coins struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>2A should include a prominent double clash of the hair vee on the reverse. The Proofs show only the tips of that clash. The obverse should have a noticeable clash of the wing into the neck/chin intersection, towards the bottom of the transition curve. Only the coins with the &quot;n&quot; clash visible are 2A, the others (both earlier and later die states) are considered VAM-2. You should also see die cracks on the baseline of DOLLAR, with a crack extending from the O to the rim. All of these cracks are polished away on the Proofs.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the record, there are too few attributed 1893-CC&#039;s at ANACS to form any idea of rarity. They&#039;ve graded 2337 1893-CC&#039;s in total, and only 106 of those are attributed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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