1883-CC Need Help Attributing

[pete$298]

I can't seem to but it all together for this coin. The 1st 8 in the date is doubled and has a fairly large die chip at the left where the loops join. There appears to be a die chip at the bottom left of the 1 but could be PMD. The MM is slanted and CC/CC. I don't see any polish line in the left wing but there is some doubling at the top of the wreath. The T in Liberty is doubled at the top left and there are a couple of horizonal polish lines around Her ear. Please offer any opinions and thanks for your help.

[pete$298]

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[pete$298]

Full Pics will not down load , but I will retake them if needed.

[vampicker]

Is there a dot like gouge near the denticles between the 2nd and 3rd right stars?

[pete$298]

Is there a dot like gouge near the denticles between the 2nd and 3rd right stars?

Is this the gouge you ask about? Sorry it took so long to reply.

[vampicker]

Nope. Looks like you have a stage of VAM 3.

[pete$298]

Nope. Looks like you have a stage of VAM 3.

Thanks for the help. I will look at Vam 3 again. My confusion is mainly the vertical lines around Her ear. Would they have been polished away in later stages?

[vampicker]

Yeah, they get fainter in later stages. Nothing definitive jumped out in your pictures. It's more about what's not there. No line in the wing, so the VAM 5 series is out. The mintmark position eliminates VAM 4. It also doesn't look quite right for VAM 8 and the diagnostic scratch from the e of we doesn't show in your pictures. That leaves the reverse shared by VAM 2 and the VAM 3 stages. We established it's not VAM 2 because the 'dot' gouge isn't present. That leaves you with VAM 3, and from the look of it a later stage after the VAM 3A clashing fades. There are dio cracks illustrated in the large images of VAM 3A. See if they match your coin.

[pete$298]

Yeah, they get fainter in later stages. Nothing definitive jumped out in your pictures. It's more about what's not there. No line in the wing, so the VAM 5 series is out. The mintmark position eliminates VAM 4. It also doesn't look quite right for VAM 8 and the diagnostic scratch from the e of we doesn't show in your pictures. That leaves the reverse shared by VAM 2 and the VAM 3 stages. We established it's not VAM 2 because the 'dot' gouge isn't present. That leaves you with VAM 3, and from the look of it a later stage after the VAM 3A clashing fades. There are dio cracks illustrated in the large images of VAM 3A. See if they match your coin.

I believe with all your help we have narrowed it down to VAM-3. I now see the die cracks on the pics of VAM-3 that I can't see on 3A. Also the cap vee on the full reverse of 3 matches my coin(the 3A doesn't look the same). This isn't a great coin, with well circulated PMD and cleaning, but it is part of my Grandfather's collection so it is important to me. Thanks again for taking time to help.