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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spark1951, post: 25942955, member: 90692&quot;]Kudos to [USER=123249]@Sting 60[/USER]&nbsp;&nbsp; for isolating the referrant VAM.&nbsp; Good job, Sir!</p><p><br /></p><p>IMO…based on over 20 researches on various Morgans and Peace S$1…</p><p><br /></p><p>Die cracks in and of themselves <i>can be </i>intrinsically valuable numismatically but the crack presentation is usually prominent or strategically placed on the coin.</p><p>Normally, however, die cracks serve as die markers to aid the identification and confirmation of the die marriage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Messieurs Van Allen and Mallis took many years of research and labors of love to create their Encyclopedia and most collectors agree their work is worthy of the label “definitive”.&nbsp; To be sure, many contemporary numismatists have contributed additional research data that has improved the overall database, but as a starting point you really can’t get much better than a hardcopy of the encyclopedia and/or consulting the online VAM database.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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