1922 (D) Peace Dollar - VAM-1R

Description

Cataloged as 1R II 1 B1a in the Van Allen-Mallis system, this 1922-D Peace Dollar carries the designation "Die Break Right of Y" and was discovered by David Close. The primary diagnostic is a die crack originating from the rim at the left of Y in LIBERTY, traveling through the top of the Y and continuing to the right where it reaches the rim and develops into a wide break. A "wide break" indicates the die fracture progressed beyond a simple crack — the separated section of die face shifted outward, creating a raised, often irregular mass of displaced metal on struck specimens. The catalog distinguishes this variety from VAM-1J by noting the crack through the top of Y runs higher than on that earlier listing, providing a measurable positional difference for attribution. Die class II 1 designates a normal obverse in first subclass, paired with reverse B1a. Anthony de Francisci's Peace Dollar design, featuring Liberty in a radiant crown on the obverse, places the word LIBERTY across the upper obverse where die cracks propagating from the rim frequently intersect its letters. No rarity or importance rating has been assigned to this variety.

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