1882 (CC) Morgan Dollar - C VAM-2A2
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1882-CC VAM-2A2 Doubled 882, 1 Top Below Left 8 Discovery 2010. This coin is a Hit List 40 Morgan VAM. 2A2 III2 2- C3b (Doubled 882, 1 Top Below Left 8) (178) Obverse III2 2 -Slightly polished die with shallow diagonal bar of 1 top MPD below left 8 and clashed n removed. Polishing lines at two right stars and wheat leaves slightly weakened. Reverse C3b - Slightly polished die weakening die clash marks and removing most of polishing roughness inside right C mint mark. Notes: 1882-CC VAM-2A2, the main characteristics of a 1882-CC VAM-2A1 should all still be around, just polished down a bit. Heavier subsequent polishing marks the next point in the progression, 1882-CC VAM-2B1. Those partially polished out die lines around the right stars are a good indicator of a 1882-CC VAM-2A2. 1882-CC VAM-2, 1882-CC VAM-2A1, 1882-CC VAM-2A2, and 1882-CC VAM-2B1 show the top of a misplaced "1" below the first "8" in the date. The extraneous die polishing marks under the first and second stars to the right of the date are only present on 1882-CC VAM-2, 1882-CC VAM-2A1 and 1882-CC VAM-2A2. The following 2 photos courtesy of RMG1883CC. Large Full Coin Copyrighted© VAM-2A2 Images on loan to VAMworld courtesy ©http://www.ha.com/ Heritage Auctions ATTRIBUTED BY ANACS Census for 2A1 & 2A2 from SSDC 7/2013.
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