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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;messydesk, post: 3930965, member: 1765&quot;]A really good question, actually.&nbsp; What I see on your coin is a bunch of die cracks.&nbsp; Die chips are when little pieces of die become missing.&nbsp; These may or may not be connected to die cracks.&nbsp; Die breaks are cracks that have widened a bit or that are showing pieces of the die starting to fall away.&nbsp; The difference between a break and a crack may vary depending on what series you are looking at, but the distinction was made for Morgan and Peace dollars to draw a line as to what would be considered when listing a variety and what would not.&nbsp; Die breaks are considered, die cracks, which are very common, are not.&nbsp; This does not mean that cracks cannot be used to attribute a coin, as they may be more obvious die markers, especially in pictures.&nbsp; For 1921, people have put together a die crack guide that can make attribution relatively quick.&nbsp; Here&#039;s <a href="http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wiki/21-D_Die_Crack_Break_Guide" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wiki/21-D_Die_Crack_Break_Guide" rel="nofollow">one for 1921-D</a>, although it&#039;s probably not complete.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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