I'm assuming these are die cracks, looks like 3 total with the one running through her hair, just wanted other peoples opinions, picked it up from a local dealer recently for a decent price. Sorry the picture isn't amazing waiting on a new camera to give me a hand, i need some better lighting too i'm still new so be gentle with me.
I gotta just wait till i get a new camera hard to post good pictures my phones camera sucks, the lighting in my room isn't the best either i'll have to move a lamp over here or something, maybe set myself up a station to photo coins, i spent a lot of the weekend rummaging through rolls while watching football games i found a few interesting things i'll post some stuff later.
i need better lighting really seems to be my biggest issue i'll see if i can fix it real fast and post a better photo gimme a few minutes gotta setup this lamp
if you look at her bun i see what appears to be a die crack, and there is one running through the N in the in god we trust up along the coin close to the edge from what i see here in person, or is that not a die crack in the bun of her hair?
The peace dollar and the Walking Liberty half are my favorites, i've got a few peace dollars minted in 23 that have die cracks all over them, i like the reverse proofs the mint have been doing lately too, been buying the american innovation dollars, at 10 bucks i figure its a good buy for those.
I think I see what you see...the two curved cracks below the neck as you describe and a crack along the top of the hairline.
Welcome aboard The CT Train and hope you enjoy the ride. Clear and properly lighted photos are always appreciated as well as a short comment of the issue you have with the coin. I see the referenced throat crack in the first photo, but not the second photo.
When you post your photos, click either the 'thumbnail' or 'full size' feature below the main section.
You can check your coin against the listings here, http://vamworld.com/wiki/Main_Page On the left side menu you can choose the attribution guides for Morgan or Peace dollars. This is a comprehensive guide which shows, amongst much more, the known die cracks for the die stages for each date and mint
Awesome thank you all for your time, i was wondering if this is a known vam for the peace dollar, i've got several peace dollars with die cracks in the neck area, and some in the hair. I think i have one where the die broke i'll see if i can find that and i'll try to get a good picture of it to upload
Thank you all for taking your time to look, was just sharing one of my favorite peace dollars so far, i'm working on putting together a high grade set, so its slow going, both finding them and saving the money to pay for them is a bit of a challenge right now with the holidays, hopefully i'll be able to add some wonderful coins to my collection next month, and who knows, maybe santa will be good to me this year .