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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 1928537, member: 24633&quot;]Going through some of the VAM listings at VW can sometimes be very exasperating. Just because a clash appears to be different doesn&#039;t mean it&#039;s not the same die pair. A clash can be partially or totally re-polished at the Mint. You also have to remember that a clash occurs on cold steel and can tend to fade from continued striking.</p><p><br /></p><p>Suppose that you have a VAM attributed for a DDO in an early die state (EDS). Let&#039;s say that it was assigned VAM-2. Then, in a mid-die state (MDS), the dies clashed creating a letter transfer, and it was assigned VAM-2A. Later on, the clash was polished out by the Mint and a late die state (LDS) shows no evidence of the letter transfer. The LDS specimen would then revert to VAM-2 even though other portions of the clash (neckline, wing, cap vee, leaves, etc.) still remain visible.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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