1921-D Morgan With Die Cracks: Additional Photos

Did you buy that on ebay?

Have a close look around ONE on the reverse, Jaobler. I like this one for possibly VAM-1AU or 1AA2. Both have characteristic straight die scratches near the NE of ONE, each in a different place. The 1AA2 has a break on the lower point of the third left starIf attributed, it would be the 4th VAM-1AU known.

On the other hand, it could also be just another crushed 1921-D die.

http://www.vamworld.com/1921-D+VAM-1AU

http://www.vamworld.com/1921-D+VAM-1AA2

I gotta think on this one, Jaobler. The 3d star is almost identical to the die break on the 1AA2, but the gouge in ONE isn't there and other die cracks don't match. I remember seeing that break somewhere else, though. Let me go through my photo archives and see if I can't jog my memory.

Try this it has a lot of similarities. Your's might be an earlier state.

http://www.vamworld.com/1921-D+VAM-1P

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Try this it has a lot of similarities. Your's might be an earlier state.

http://www.vamworld.com/1921-D+VAM-1P

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That's a good shot, NGiles; it was the one I was trying to think of earlier. Here's a detail shot of one which passed thru my collection:



I don't think it is a match; some of the cracks on Jaobler's coin aren't in a position to develop into the ones on mine, and vice versa. The old JOH-8 (now VAM-1CX) mentions a die break on the 2; it might be of interest but I've never seen one.

I am hardly the final authority on 1921's. There are a couple of gentlemen who might be considered in that class, and whom I'm comfortable emailing. I will drop them messages with a link to this thread, and see if I might obtain an opinion.

This coin is most likely an early die state of a known VAM, or possibly a known VAM with undescribed die breaks. All the same, the break on the star and the date are points of interest, and it's worth finding out.

Yes Joabler, I believe they will attribute your coins , and you would get credit for any discovery coins for a new VAM. I would post it in their forum , with those pics I am sure they could tell you what have. The Director of Attribution services at ANACS is a big part of that site apparently. They know their stuff for sure .

NGiles, ultimately I'm going to put as much of my pictures as possible on my website, in full resolution. However, before I can do that I have to write the webpage, which I'm forever not finding time to do.

I organize all my pics using the Windows file folder system. There's a master folder called Coins, and subfolders for auctions and each denomination. Further subfolder breakdowns take me to Morgans, and then 1921's, and 1921-D's, and folders for each individual coin that's passed through my collection. Those last folders include the name of the VAM in the folder name, so I can tell at a glance what's what. If you're comfortable in Windows Explorer and the Windows filesystem, it's easy as pie and strictly organized.

If you're not comfortable navigating the Windows filesystem, I could probably put together a quick and dirty tutorial that would get whoever read it up to speed pretty quickly. I used to earn my living doing just that, as an instructor at an adult technical school.

Every single piece of collecting software you might purchase does exactly the same thing. You're just paying for the convenience of a graphical interface, and easier access to related information about your coin.