Comments: I have not been able to locate a specimen that matches the Ahwash's A-2 plate coin photographs. Close inspection of the Ahwash photographs reveals that the obverse and reverse pictures are not from the same coin. Reverse B grades about VF20 while Obverse 2 grades slightly better than EF40. The date position of Obverse 2 is identical to that of the 1850-O Obverse 1. I suspect that Ahwash mistakenly re-used the obverse photograph of the 1850-O Small O A-4 coin to represent his 1850 A-2 coin. If the reader closely inspects the 1850 A-2 obverse and the 1850-O Small O A-4 reverse, it is possible to conclude that these pictures are from the same dime. Ahwash may have been trying to illustrate the Fortin Varieties 107 or 109 with his A-2 obverse illustration. In conclusion, I do not believe that Ahwash A-2 exists as illustrated in his encyclopedia, but have listed it here in case an example does appear in the future.

1850 Varieties 101, 101a, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 107a, 107b, 108, 109, 110, 110a, 110b, 111, 112

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