An error is usually an isolated or short lived event; a mistake or series of mistakes in the coining process. A variety is a difference of some sort in a die. There can be a little overlap in the terms and there isn't perfect agreement on them but misstuck coins are errors and misstruck dies cause varieties.
A Die Varieity is just that - something on the Die itself that differentiates it from another die - can be an engraving error or difference, a die gauge, a repunched mintmark, a doubled die, etc.
Although the term "Error" in general conversation includes Varieties, an Error is more specifically used as a term for Mechanical errors - something that goes wrong/different in the minting process - from the planchet strip being formed and punched, to the upsetting and annealing operation, and thru the minting of the actual coin itself - a double strike, an off-center, a wrong metal, or off metal, or clad layer error, etc......
That's the short version.....hope this helps........
Fred
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coining process. A variety is a difference of some sort in a die. There can be a little overlap
in the terms and there isn't perfect agreement on them but misstuck coins are errors and
misstruck dies cause varieties.
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A Die Varieity is just that - something on the Die itself that differentiates it
from another die - can be an engraving error or difference, a die gauge,
a repunched mintmark, a doubled die, etc.
Although the term "Error" in general conversation includes Varieties, an
Error is more specifically used as a term for Mechanical errors - something
that goes wrong/different in the minting process - from the planchet strip
being formed and punched, to the upsetting and annealing operation, and
thru the minting of the actual coin itself - a double strike, an off-center,
a wrong metal, or off metal, or clad layer error, etc......
That's the short version.....hope this helps........
Fred
for PCGS. A 49+-Year PNG Member...A full numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022
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