1923-D Peace dollar with large cracks

nesvt

Trying to put a VAM number on this 1923-D Peace dollar. I saw a photo for a VAM-1N that looked similar. No mention of the other cracks. Several go to the rim.
Anyone have a 23-D 1N?
I attempted to draw the cracks on each side.








obverse without lines
reverse without lines

any help on this earlier thread?

dimples

A good majority of 23D's show major die cracks. It's a tough date to get free of die cracks.

Peaceman

Cool.... Nothing looks like it's large enough to be called a VAM... Here's some things to keep in mind when thinking if it may qualify:

1) If the crack turns into a break, meaning there is physical metal on top of the coin that you can see if you lay the coin flat and look at it from an angle. Not raised like a wave, but jagged twisted metal that looks like it shouldn't be there.
2) Part of the coin is actually sunkin in and is clearly at a different level from the rest of the coin.
3) Doubling in areas not common.
4) Excessive die polishing or areas on the coin which have actually been altered due to die polishing.
5) Pitted areas of the coin caused by rusted dies...

Hope that helps...

MAD4MORGANS

You might want to go to Ashmore.com and check out the updates there. There are several 1923 die breaks attributed and shown in their images. A few look like ones on your coin. Inparticularly the die breaks around "Y" and "IN".

Ashmore.com

Rampage

I have one just like that one.

I was thinking the crack and break throuigh the Y would be enough to VAM it. I may be wrong though. m I have not attributed the one I have. I have about 15 other die crack.break Peace dollars, too, that I have yet to attribute. No time.