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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Braydon, post: 2141200, member: 74391&quot;]<i>Breen noted that; of the Obv. Small die scratch up to r. from left tip of serif of left upright of second U in UNUM to border.&nbsp; Left base of first 1 above center of dentil, r. base of second 1 slightly r. of left edge.&nbsp; Central details far sharper than on regular uncirculated pieces.&nbsp; Rev. Very faint recutting visible on left upright of T in UNITED.&nbsp; Horizontal die file marks plainly within ribbon bows and at left and right of them; vertical die file marks at inner berries nearest to left base of N and T in UNITED.&nbsp; Eagle&#039;s breast feathers unusually sharp.&nbsp; Brilliant proofs as in 1904 and earlier years, carelessly made...&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>The second Proof version is the so-called &quot;Chapman&quot; Proof, named after the Philadelphia coin dealer, Henry Chapman, whose name appears on a Mint invoice (dated June 11, 1921) selling him &quot;10 proof silver dollars 1921&quot;.&nbsp; For years, the mintage was thought to have been limited to only the ten coins, but now we know that additional &quot;Chapman&quot; Proofs were struck.&nbsp; PCGS alone has certified 40 examples, the finest of which is a single PR-66 that far outshines the 13 PR-64&#039;s that are at the next level below. The only Proof Cameo example graded by PCGS is a single PRCA-64. &quot;Chapman&quot; Proofs are super brilliant and have only 16 berries in the wreath on the reverse, as opposed to 17 on the &quot;Zerbe&quot; Proofs.&nbsp; Additional die characteristics include a hollow area around Morgan&#039;s initial on the truncation line on the obverse (caused by die polishing) and light die striations around UN, AM, and RICA on the reverse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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