Has anybody seen this die crack pattern before? It is slightly different than this Vam: http://www.vamworld.com/file/view/1883_vam10_obv_b.jpg
We really need to see pictures of the whole coin, obverse and reverse. Is that the only die crack you see? What about other things such as doubling or die breaks? The problem with a lot of the die cracks on the Morgan's is that they maybe EDS (early die stages) so they don't exactly match up with any listed VAM. Another thing is die cracks are rather common on some years of Morgan's that some of the less "significant" die cracks do not warrant a VAM number without other major features such as doubling or die breaks in letters or stars or such.
I'm on it, but I must tell you, getting anything to show up as I see it with this camera is a real pain lol. While I'm at it, I'd like to add that the die crack in the first picture continues up to the E. Also, it is visible without magnification. I'll see what I can do but I'm not set up to get photos like those on the VAM page.
Not on a 1883 morgan....but then again I do not look at too many of them. I can say it is certainly different than the vam picture. Little die cracks like this are just interesting to me. Sorry for the interruption.
Of course it is a VAM just like every other Morgan and peace dollar ever minted. All VAM refers to is the combination of obverse and reverse dies.
True, what the_man said. All Morgan and Peace dollars are VAM varieties, just finding out which one is the task. Yours does look like the VAM 10, but not quite, but as said earlier it could be a EDS.
Die cracks through the stars and the date are pretty common on Morgans. I would agree it looks like your coin was very early in the die stage because the cracks are so weak. Nice coin though!
