Need VAM help 1921d

slipgate

I can't figure this one out. I would think it would be easy due to the huge die crack on the obverse through the wing.

Anyone want to take a guess?

options26

Looks like a VAM 1AM to me. Check out these links to confirm

VAM 1AM

Here is an easy to follow picture guide to 21-D breaks that members spent a lot of time putting together.

1921-D Die Break Guide

slipgate

<< <i>Looks like a VAM 1AM to me. Check out these links to confirm

VAM 1AM

Here is an easy to follow picture guide to 21-D breaks that members spent a lot of time putting together.

1921-D Die Break Guide >>



It has a lot of the elements from the 1AM but is missing most of the lower half of the obverse cracks. Probably from the same dies but in an earlier state.

I'd love to get together a bunch of this VAM to see the progression of the destruction of this die set up to the terminal state. Has anyone put together a set like that?

messydesk

Early die state of VAM 1AM.

Collecting die progressions of the breaks is feasible and popular, and it is a pretty cool way to see what happened to the dies while they were in use. Coins for which this has been done include the 1888-O VAM 1B "Scarface," 1921-D VAM 1B, which has been traced back to an initial die state with scribbling scratches and includes at least two distinct die fills, and 1922 VAM 2C, for which I have photos of 8 die states on the Top 50 Peace Dollar Attribution Wizard. Pretty much anything with a bunch of die breaks on it can be collected this way. With enough time and specimens, you'll discover just how suddenly or gradually (or both) a die failed.