Yes, I commented that the clash did not look like the full n should show, but there are too many straight lines at angles in the blob for it to be anything else. Tried to fit the whole I there and part of the n but that didn't work. If I can get my Photoshop loaded (new PC but no CD port and online only the new version that I don't want to pay for since I already have a version) I'll work on the distances from clash to blob and size.
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Sorry to be raining on your parade. I think that you are trying to force a clashed letter where it wouldn't be. In other words, you want to see letter transfer, so you are seeing letter transfer when it isn't there.
Your obverse and reverse clash lines are basically the same location as an 1880 VAM-32A. So, let's look at the 32A to see where your letter transfer should be, and how much letter transfer you should see.
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If you look at the obverse n transfer on the 32A, that is basically where n transfer should be on your coin and the same amount of the leg of the n.
Where you are tracing an n on your coin doesn't match with your clash lines at all.
We already went over the fact that you should only have part of the leg of the n as transfer.
There is a second problem with where you traced the n. Look at your traced n. It is very close to the clash line coming off of the neck. Your traced n is much too high to really be n transfer. Look at the 32A n transfer to get an idea where your n should be (much lower).
I doubt that you have letter transfer, especially in the location that you traced the n.
But you have the advantage of having the coin in front of you. Sometimes it can be very difficult to photograph letter transfer.
Good luck. I hope that you do have letter transfer.
