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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nesvt, post: 55021, member: 1749&quot;]I don&#039;t know how you would get this coin recognized.&nbsp; GDJMSP always has good suggestions.&nbsp; I&#039;ve only identified new Morgan and Peace varieties.&nbsp; The VAMs aren&#039;t always errors.&nbsp; A VAM is just an identified pair of dies.&nbsp; In reality, all Morgans and Peace dollars are VAMs.&nbsp; Some are just more common than others.&nbsp; To get a specific new VAM designation, the coin has to have attributes that meet specific criteria.&nbsp; These &#039;rules&#039; were made up by the authors (Van Allen and Mallis).&nbsp; A. George Mallis passed away, but Leroy Van Allen still accepts new Morgan and Peace discoveries and assigns VAM numbers.&nbsp; </p><p>A die crack would not get a new VAM.&nbsp; It has to be a die &#039;break&#039;.&nbsp; A die chip or die gouge has to be visible by the naked eye and gets measured.&nbsp; Whose eye?&nbsp; I guess that would be Leroy&#039;s.&nbsp; Too many other rules to remember... like die clashing doesn&#039;t count, unless a letter is transfered or the coin was clashed more than once.&nbsp; The 1921-D Morgans have so many die breaks that a book was written (Rob Joyce - Fun with 1921).&nbsp; It shows several dozen VAMs just for 1921-D.</p><p><br /></p><p>I should add... I think your coin looks pretty cool.&nbsp; My neighbor has cows.&nbsp; One lost its horn a month ago.&nbsp; It was just hanging there.&nbsp; Maybe you have a broken horn bison.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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