1900 O Morgan Die Break ? - Coin Community Forum

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cpfull Pillar of the Community United States 603 Posts	Posted 01/17/2007 12:52 am Is this anything type of error/variety or the result of cleaning? Sorry it is only close up, I am new with the camera and editing, I can't get the full size small enough. Image: 100_0104a.jpg 39.74 KB The same type of line goes all the way along the top of the letters in united. Report this Post to the Staff

ChristinaM Pillar of the Community United States 547 Posts	Posted 01/17/2007 03:18 am What you have is a die crack. Sometimes there are fine cracks in the dies when they strike the planchet, giving you the raised line that you see on the coin. The metal from the coin will "seep" into the crack on the die which is why it is raised. Die cracks are quite common on Morgan's but pretty cool anyway. Report this Post to the Staff
coldshot Valued Member United States 156 Posts	Posted 01/17/2007 5:05 pm It is called a VAM. search google for VAM Morgan dollars and you will find monst morgans have this problem. Some VAMs will bring you a very nice premium. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 01/18/2007 3:23 pm Die cracks are very common on Morgans, and the vast majority do not warrant their own VAM designation. It usually requires progression to become a true die break before Leroy Van Allen assigns it a VAM number. In my experience, 1900 New Orleans Morgans were more prone than most to die cracking. Report this Post to the Staff
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