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<p>[QUOTE="messydesk, post: 5520865, member: 1765"]You couldn't be further from the truth. Die cracks weren't considered at all when work on the VAM book was first started in the 1960s. A few were listed because of major die breaks, such as the 1888-O scarface, but most were based on die preparation differences. Repunched stuff, doubled dies, date positions, mint mark positions, mint mark punch shapes and sizes, hub changes. As more eyes turned toward these, starting in the late 1990s, more varieties were listed, again mostly due to the traditional variations in dies. Eventually, die cracks came in handy to confirm a match to or difference from a listed variety, but few were listed because of cracks. Within the past 5 years, cracks were listed as die markers to facilitate attributions, and some "displaced field breaks" (die cracks where the field is tilted differently on either side of the crack) were listed as subvarieties to break out die stages. Other series have people studying die cracks as well, including big copper, bust halves, and coins collected by CONECA numbers. Just like for VAMs, these indicate die stage and not a main feature for attribution, although their fingerprint nature can make them useful when attributing.</p><p><br /></p><p>The OP coin is VAM 22A2, by the way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="messydesk, post: 5520865, member: 1765"]You couldn't be further from the truth. Die cracks weren't considered at all when work on the VAM book was first started in the 1960s. A few were listed because of major die breaks, such as the 1888-O scarface, but most were based on die preparation differences. Repunched stuff, doubled dies, date positions, mint mark positions, mint mark punch shapes and sizes, hub changes. As more eyes turned toward these, starting in the late 1990s, more varieties were listed, again mostly due to the traditional variations in dies. Eventually, die cracks came in handy to confirm a match to or difference from a listed variety, but few were listed because of cracks. Within the past 5 years, cracks were listed as die markers to facilitate attributions, and some "displaced field breaks" (die cracks where the field is tilted differently on either side of the crack) were listed as subvarieties to break out die stages. Other series have people studying die cracks as well, including big copper, bust halves, and coins collected by CONECA numbers. Just like for VAMs, these indicate die stage and not a main feature for attribution, although their fingerprint nature can make them useful when attributing. The OP coin is VAM 22A2, by the way.[/QUOTE]
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