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xshift Pillar of the Community United States 2669 Posts	Posted 08/29/2009 01:58 am I am very tired so I hope this makes sense.. I have a 1921-P Morgan that matches about ~75% of the markers for VAM 1K. None of the others appear to come any closer. The cracks around the coin on both obverse and reverse are thinner, however.. and in one spot do not quite match up (slightly further north, like it may not have progressed quite as far south as the state the die was in during picture-taking time at varworld). So the question is - is it still a 1K? Or is there another defined VAM that is an early die state of 1K that is missing a few of the cracks in the later die state? Basically, does one VAM cover all states of the die? Report this Post to the Staff

SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 08/29/2009 4:16 pm No easy answer here, as the process of designating VAM's has somewhat changed over the years. Generally, a given VAM shows die progression - cracks can be more or less thick and/or long - the important point is that they're always in the same place. Report this Post to the Staff
nuggethill Pillar of the Community Australia 1015 Posts	Posted 08/29/2009 7:39 pm It could be EDS Xshift. Report this Post to the Staff
xshift Pillar of the Community United States 2669 Posts	Posted 08/29/2009 10:07 pm Quote: Generally, a given VAM shows die progression - cracks can be more or less thick and/or long - the important point is that they're always in the same place. Except if they aren't there yet? The pics for this VAM only show one state, unfortunately. Quote: It could be EDS Xshift. Yah.. maybe I will get some pics up here in the next couple days. I could be totally off on the VAM, but it sure doesn't seem like it from the photos on vamworld. So you could be right. thanks guys I'll get comparative pictures and post them here tomorrow or Monday. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 08/30/2009 12:26 pm Quote: Except if they aren't there yet? Exactly - a die progression of ever-bigger cracks is certainly possible for a given VAM, as long as the cracks you do have are all right. Report this Post to the Staff
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