So what constitutes an error vs. variety coin?

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• cladking Posts: 29,337 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 31, 2005 8:47AM

  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.

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• 2bucks Posts: 636 ✭✭✭

  October 31, 2005 9:58AM

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  Thanks!

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• FredWeinberg Posts: 5,983 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 1, 2005 11:39PM

  
  
  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
  

  Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.

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• braddick Posts: 25,000 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 2, 2005 12:11AM

  I think of a error as a minting accident while a variety is a minting accident done on purpose.

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• BlindedByEgo Posts: 10,754 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 2, 2005 1:31AM

  An error for me is when I pay too much for that $#$%&** coin 'cause I missed that #%$&&^% rub...

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• nwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭

  November 2, 2005 2:27AM

  If you do a search in the forum, coppercoins did a fantastic breakdown of the differences about a year or two ago.

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