1923-S VAMs
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1923-S VAM Stats
1. Mintage: 19,020,000
2. Die Study completed: Yes.
Attribution Guides for The 1923-S Peace Dollar
1. Sort 1923-S VAMs by Rarity Scale
2. 23 S Sort by Breaks
3. 23 S Sort by Die File Lines
4. 1923-S Clashed Die Attribution
5. 23 S No Breaks No Clash No File Lines
6. 1923-S "VAM not assigned" varieties
Official VAM Listing
1923-S VAM-1 Normal Die
1923-S VAM-1A Die Break Back of Neck
1923-S VAM-1B Die Break Between Right Rays
1923-S VAM-1C Pitted Reverse (Top 50 Peace Dollar Vam)
1923-S VAM-1D Die Break Below IN
1923-S VAM-1E1 Very Widely Spaced Double Clash Spike Eagle’s Shoulder (Former VAM-1Z)
1923-S VAM-1E2 Polishing Lines Around RT, Die Break UNI
1923-S VAM-1F Die Break UNITED
1923-S VAM-1G Polished T
1923-S VAM-1H Die Gouge 2
1923-S VAM-1I Die Break UNIT, Widely Spaced Double Spikes Eagle's Shoulder (Elite 30 Peace Dollar VAM)
*Revised 2018*
1923-S VAM-1K Double Clash Spike Eagle’s Shoulder
1923-S VAM-1L Die File Lines Reverse
1923-S VAM-1M Double Clash Spikes Eagle’s Shoulder, Die File Lines Obverse
1923-S VAM-1N Polished Double Clash Spikes Eagle’s Shoulder
1923-S VAM-1O Pitted Die Above 23, Double Clash Spikes Eagle’s Shoulder
1923-S VAM-1P Pitted 9-23, Widely Spaced Double Clash Spikes Eagle’s Shoulder
1923-S VAM-1Q1 Collar Clashed Reverse, Closely Spaced Double Clash Spikes Eagle’s Shoulder
1923-S VAM-1Q2 Closely Spaced Double Clash Spikes Eagle’s Shoulder, Die Break Tiara Band
1923-S VAM-1R Double & Triple Clash Spikes Eagle’s Shoulder
1923-S VAM-1S Die File Lines Lower Reverse
1923-S VAM-1T Die File Lines Right Obverse
1923-S VAM-1U Die File Lines Upper Obverse and Reverse
1923-S VAM-1V Die Gouge US
1923-S VAM-1W Die Break Above Rear of Headband (Elite 30 Peace Dollar VAM)
1923-S VAM-1X Triple Clash Spikes Eagle’s Shoulder #2
1923-S VAM-1Y1 Die File Lines Reverse, Die Break Hair Bun
1923-S VAM-1Y2 Die File Lines Obverse & Reverse, Die Break Hair Bun
1923-S VAM-1Y3 Die File Lines Obverse & Reverse
1923-S VAM-1AA1 Die File Lines Obverse & Reverse
1923-S VAM-1AA2 Die File Lines Obverse & Reverse, Die Break below I N
1923-S VAM-1AB Pitted B in LIBERTY, Counterclash Nose
1923-S VAM-1AC Very Widely Spaced Double Clash Spikes Eagle’s Shoulder #2
1923-S VAM-1AD1 Triple Clash Spikes Eagle’s Shoulder #3
1923-S VAM-1AD2 Triple Clash Spikes Eagle’s Shoulder #3, Die Scratch Y
1923-S VAM-1AD3 Triple Clash Spikes Eagle’s Shoulder #3, Die Scratches Y & 2
1923-S VAM-1AD4 Quadruple Clash Spikes Eagle’s Shoulder, Die Scratches Y & 2
1923-S VAM-1AD5 Die Scratches Y & 2
1923-S VAM-1AE Double Clash Spikes Eagle’s Shoulder
1923-S VAM-1AF Die File Lines Lower Left Obverse
1923-S VAM-1AG Closely Spaced Double Clash Spikes Eagle’s Shoulder
1923-S VAM-1AH Die File Lines Lower Obverse #2
1923-S VAM-1AI Tall and Short Double Clash Spikes Eagle’s Shoulder
1923-S VAM-1AJ Die File Lines Obverse
1923-S VAM-1AK1 Die Break Between Right Rays #2
1923-S VAM-1AK2 Die Break Right Rays #2, Shortened Reverse Rays
1923-S VAM-1AL Closely Spaced Triple Clash Spikes Eagle’s Shoulder
1923-S VAM-1AM Polished Double Clash Spikes Eagle’s Shoulder #2
1923-S VAM-1AN Shortened Front Ray
1923-S VAM-1AO Short Gouge Third Tall Front Ray
1923-S VAM-1AQ1 Shallow Die Gouge B
1923-S VAM-1AQ2 Shallow Die Gouge B, Die File Lines Left Obverse
1923-S VAM-1AR Missing Middle of Ray Below O
1923-S VAM-1AS Die File Lines Left Obverse
1923-S VAM-1AU Die File Lines and Pitted Die IB
1923-S VAM-1AV Die File Lines Left Obverse
1923-S VAM-1AX Die File Lines Obverse & Reverse, Scribbling Die Scratches 23
1923-S VAM-1AZ Shortened Front Two Rays
1923-S VAM-1BB Die File Lines RT
1923-S VAM-1BC Die File Lines at Reverse Clash Marks
1923-S VAM-1BD Shortened Wing Feather & Rays
1923-S VAM-1BE Shortened Reverse Rays, Die File Lines Obverse and Reverse
1923-S VAM-1BF1 Pitted Obverse Die Periphery, Die Breaks Y
1923-S VAM-1BF2 Die File Lines Obverse, Shortened Front Three Rays
1923-S VAM-1BG Closely Spaced Double Clash Spikes Eagle's Shoulder
1923-S VAM-1BH Closely Spaced Double Shoulder Spikes, Die File Lines Obverse
1923-S VAM-1BI1 Die Scratches Last Three Obverse Rays (formerly VAM-1BW)
1923-S VAM-1BI2 Die Scratches Last Three Obverse Rays, Die Scratch N, Die File Lines Reverse (formerly VAM-1BI)
1923-S VAM-1BJ Die File Lines Date & IN GOD WE
1923-S VAM-1BK Die Scratch E
1923-S VAM-1BL Scribble lines TRVST
1923-S VAM-1BM Obverse clash and heavy die file lines reverse
1923-S VAM-1BN Die Break Above 19
1923-S VAM-1BQ Counter-clash Nose Bridge
1923-S VAM-1BR Die File Lines Obverse & Reverse
1923-S VAM-1BU Closely Spaced Double Clash Spikes Eagle's Shoulder, Die File Lines
1923-S VAM-1BX Die Gouges Front Ray & Left of B
1923-S VAM-1BY Die File Lines ERTY, Shortened Front Ray
1923-S VAM-1BZ Die File Lines Nose
1923-S VAM-1CA Die Break Below WE, Missing Portions of Rays at Olive Branch
1923-S VAM-1CB Die File Lines RT
1923-S VAM-1CC Die Breaks IN & Y, Shortened Front Ray
1923-S VAM-1CD Die File Lines GOD WE
1923-S VAM-1CE Double Clash Spikes Eagle's Shoulder
1923-S VAM-1CG1 Die Scratch UNUM
1923-S VAM-1CG2 Die Scratch UNUM, Double Clash Spikes Eagle's Shoulder, Shortened Front Rays
1923-S VAM-1CH Double Clash Spikes Eagle's Shoulder, Pitting IBE
1923-S VAM-1CI Pitted Obverse
1923-S VAM-1CJ Counter-clash Nose Bridge, Closely Spaced Double Clash Spikes Eagle's Shoulder
1923-S VAM-1CK Die File Lines ERT, Polished Double Clash Spikes Eagle's Shoulder
1923-S VAM-1CL Die File Lines Obverse
1923-S VAM-1CN Die File Lines GOD WE
1923-S VAM-1CO Die Gouge R
1923-S VAM-1CO2 Die Gouge R Scribbles WE
*New 2019*
1923-S VAM-1CP Die Gouge Ray B
1923-S VAM-1CQ Double Clash Spikes Eagle's Shoulder
1923-S VAM-1CS Pitted obverse, Die Chip Hair Bun
1923-S VAM-1CT Die File Lines TRV
1923-S VAM-1CU Die File Lines LI
1923-S VAM-1CV Die File Lines LI & WE
1923-S VAM-1CW Die file Lines WE & Reverse
1923-S VAM-1CX Die Break WE
1923-S VAM-1CY Double Clash Spikes Eagle's Shoulder, Die File Lines L
1923-S VAM-1DA Die File Lines RT
1923-S VAM-1DD Missing Rays Below OL
1923-S VAM-1DE Closely Spaced Double Clash Spikes Eagle's Shoulder
1923-S VAM-1DF1 Shortened Reverse Rays, Die Files Lines R
1923-S VAM-1DF2 Shortened Reverse Rays, Shortened Front Ray
1923-S VAM-1DG Die File Lines ERT, Scribbles Hair Strands
1923-S VAM-1DH Die File Lines Left Obverse
1923-S VAM-1DI Die File Lines Obverse & Reverse
1923-S VAM-1DJ Die File Lines Date & IN GOD WE
1923-S VAM-1DM Triple Die Gouges B
1923-S VAM-1DN Shortened Front Rays
1923-S VAM-1DO Die File Lines ERT
1923-S VAM-1DP Die File Lines ER
1923-S VAM-1DQ Beveled Hair Bun Edge
1923-S VAM-1DR Die Break Below WE, Closely Spaced Double Clash Spikes Eagle's Shoulder
1923-S VAM-1DS Die File Lines Left Obverse, Polished Double Clash Spikes Eagle's Shoulder
1923-S VAM-1DT Die File Lines Left Obverse
1923-S VAM-1DU Die File Lines L I
1923-S VAM-1DV Die File Lines Lower Left Reverse
1923-S VAM-1DW Die File Lines ERT
1923-S VAM-1DX1 Double Clash Spikes Eagle's Shoulder
1923-S VAM-1DX2 Double Clash Spikes Eagle's Shoulder, Die File Lines Obverse, Beveled Hair Front
1923-S VAM-1DY Double Clash Spikes Eagle's Shoulder, Beveled Hair Front
1923-S VAM-1DZ Die File Lines Right Obverse, Die Gouges Below R
1923-S VAM-1EA Shortened Front Ray
1923-S VAM-1EB Thread-Like Die Impression Front Ray
1923-S VAM-1EC1 Die Scratch ER
1923-S VAM-1EC2 Die Scratch ER, Die File Lines Left Obverse
1923-S VAM-1ED Die File Lines IN GOD WE
1923-S VAM-1EE Die Gouges B & Below R
1923-S VAM-1EF Missing Ray Segment Below OL
1923-S VAM-1EG Die File Lines Right Obverse
1923-S VAM-1EH Die File Lines Left Obverse
1923-S VAM-1EI Shortened Rear Hair Strand, Hair Bun Gap
1923-S VAM-1EK Missing Ray Segment Below OL
1923-S VAM-1EL Die File lines Left Obverse
1923-S VAM-1EM Close Double Clash Spikes Eagle's Shoulder
1923-S VAM-1EO Collar Clash Reverse 10-11 O'Clock
1923-S VAM-1EP Die Break above 1
1923-S VAM-1EQ Die File Lines Forehead
1923-S VAM-1ER Die Breaks "Y" Eliminated, incorporated into 1BF2
1923-S VAM-1ES Die Breaks "Y" & Below UNITED
1923-S VAM-1ET Die File Lines GOD WE & 19
1923-S VAM-1EU Pitting Below ACE & Lower Olive Branch
1923-S VAM-1EV Die File Lines TY
1923-S VAM-1EW Die Break Above I, Beveled Field B, Die File Lines Left & Right Fields
1923-S VAM-1EX Die Break IN
1923-S VAM-1EY Triple Die Gouge B, Double Clash Spikes
1923-S VAM-1EZ Double Clash Spikes Eagle's Shoulder
1923-S VAM-1FA Close Double Clash Spikes Eagle's Shoulder, Die File Lines Left Obverse
1923-S VAM-1FB Die Break NG-L
1923-S VAM-1FC Die Break N-L
1923-S VAM-1FD Beveled Hair Bun Edge With Die File Lines
1923-S VAM-1FE Shortened Front Ray, Beveled Hair Front, Die File Lines Rt. Field
1923-S VAM-1FG Die File Lines Left Obverse Field & Reverse Fields *New 2018*
1923-S VAM-1FH Shorten Ray Wing Edge *New 2018*
1923-S VAM-1FI Beveled Hair Front
*New 2019*
1923-S VAM-1FJ Displaced Field Break Above IN
*New 2019*
1923-S VAM-1FL Die File Lines R & Hair Below Cap Fold *New 2021*
1923-S VAM-1FM Shortened Front Ray, Die File Lines Rt. Obverse duplicate of VAM 1BL'*New 2021*
1923-S VAM-1FN Obverse file lines RT, with die gouge from overpolishing right ofR above hair bun. *New 2023*
1923-S VAM-1FO Polished clash marks on Reverse with file lines covering 1/3-1/2 of the field
*New 2023*
1923-S VAM-1FP Die break left neck edge, die crack right field
*New 2023*
1923-S VAM-1FQ Reverse Collar Clash TED STATES *New 2023*
1923-S VAM-1FR Die File lines Right obverse, Die Crack Second T of TRVST *New 2023*
1923-S VAM-2 S/S Left
1923-S VAM-3 Doubled Lower Reverse Rays
1923-S VAM-3A Doubled Lower Reverse Rays, Die Break Hair Bun
1923-S VAM-3B Doubled Lower Reverse Rays, Beveled Hair Front
1923-S VAM-4 Doubled Right Reverse
1923-S VAM-4A Doubled Right Reverse, Double Clash Spikes Eagle’s Shoulder
1923-S VAM-5 S Tilted Right
1923-S VAM-6 Die File Lines Obverse, Scribbling Die Scratches 23, S/S Lower Loop
List of Past VAM Assignments
1923-S VAM-1J Die File Lines Obverse (Eliminated 2014, Same as VAM-1AU)
1923-S VAM-1Z Very Widely Spaced Double Clash Spike Eagle’s Shoulder (Re-listed as VAM-1E1)
1923-S VAM-1AP Die Break Hair Top (Eliminated, became 1923-S VAM-1AF)
1923-S VAM-1AQ Shallow Die Gouge B
1923-S VAM-1AT Die Break Tiara Band (Eliminated, became VAM-1Q2)
1923-S VAM-1AW Die File Lines Obverse & Reverse, Die Break Hair Bun (Eliminated, became VAM-1Y2)
1923-S VAM-1AY Die File Lines Left Obverse (Eliminated became VAM-1AQ2)
1923-S VAM-1BA Long Spike Eagle's Shoulder Eliminated, Same reverse as 1AK2, 1CC
1923-S VAM-1BF Shortened Front Three Rays, Die File Lines Obverse (became 1BF2)
1923-S VAM-1BI Die Scratch, Die File Lines Reverse (Eliminated became VAM-1BI2)
1923-S VAM-1BO Engraved Ray Over Mountain
(Eliminated , same as VAM-1D)
1923-S VAM-1BP Thin T Top, Over Polished Field RTY (Eliminated, same as VAM-1G)
1923-S VAM-1BS (Eliminated, EDS of VAM-1AQ2)
1923-S VAM-1BT Die File Lines RTY (Eliminated, same as VAM-1BF)
1923-S VAM-1BV Die File Lines Reverse (Eliminated, same as VAM-1BE)
1923-S VAM-1BW Die Scratches Last 3 Obverse Rays (Re-listed as VAM-1BI1)
1923-S VAM-1CF Shortened Wing Feather & Rays (Eliminated as a LDS of VAM-1BE)
1923-S VAM-1CG Double Clash Spikes Eagle's Shoulder, Shortened Front Rays (Became 1CG2)
1923-S VAM-1CR Die Gouges ER, Die Break L-IN (Eliminated, EDS of VAM-1AQ2)
1923-S VAM-1CZ Die File Lines Reverse (Eliminated, same as VAM-1AA1)
1923-S VAM-1DB (Eliminated, same as VAM-1BW)
1923-S VAM-1DC Die File lines Y & 19 Eliminated, incorporated into VAM-1AJ
1923-S VAM-1DK Die File Lines Reverse (Eliminated . same as VAM-1Y1)
1923-S VAM-1EJ Beveled Hair Front, Die file Lines Eye
1923-S VAM-1EN Scribbles at Lips Eliminated, Same as VAM-1AX
1923-S VAM-1FF Die File Lines Left & Right Fields
*New 2018*
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