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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nesvt, post: 172373, member: 1749&quot;]Die cracks, no.&nbsp; Die breaks, sometimes.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as I know, there are no 1886 Morgan dollars with premiums for die breaks.&nbsp; If you post a picture, we can check your coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure how much you know about Morgan varieties.&nbsp; Two guys wrote a book and identified each die pair used.&nbsp; They gave these die pairs &quot;VAM&quot; numbers (for the two authors - <b>V</b>an <b>A</b>llen and <b>M</b>allis).&nbsp; Some states of each die pair also get unique VAM numbers.&nbsp; For example, during production a large die break occurs.&nbsp; Part of the die falls away and it results in a large break on the coin.&nbsp; There could be a VAM number for the coin before the break and another for the coin after the break.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an example.&nbsp; The 1887-P Donkey Tail.&nbsp; Large break under the D in DOLLAR.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://vamworld.wikispaces.com/1887-P+VAM-1A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://vamworld.wikispaces.com/1887-P+VAM-1A" rel="nofollow">http://vamworld.wikispaces.com/1887-P+VAM-1A</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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