What's the difference between a VAM and an error?
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I know I can look it up but you guys have a better way with words
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been used for both Die Varieities and
Mechanical Errors, over the past
few decades it's been divided up
so that:
1. Die Varieties are on the coin Die itself.
2. Mechanical Errors refer to planchet or
Striking Errors.
When I started in the 1960's, both the
national and local error club members
collected "Error Coins" (even earlier than
that - "Fido's" (Freaks, Irregularities, Defects, Oddities)
and no one gave a thought if you collected
Double Struck coins, and Die Cracks or Pre-VAM
Dollar Varieties...
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<< <i>Although the general term "Error" has
been used for both Die Varieities and
Mechanical Errors, over the past
few decades it's been divided up
so that:
1. Die Varieties are on the coin Die itself.
2. Mechanical Errors refer to planchet or
Striking Errors.
When I started in the 1960's, both the
national and local error club members
collected "Error Coins" (even earlier than
that - "Fido's" (Freaks, Irregularities, Defects, Oddities)
and no one gave a thought if you collected
Double Struck coins, and Die Cracks or Pre-VAM
Dollar Varieties... >>
fred, should a overdate, such as 1918/7, be considered a variety or an error?
K S
An error is a mistake that once you find , you shout out !
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was on the Die itself..................
It's called an "Error" because, like
many overdates and 3-leggers,
Doubled Dies, etc. it's a fast, easy
word to use., ie. "I want the Overdate
Error Buffalo Nickel....."
As I mentioned, the general term Error
is used for both Die Varieties and
major Mechanical Errors......
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<< <i>Although the general term "Error" has
been used for both Die Varieities and
Mechanical Errors, over the past
few decades it's been divided up
so that:
1. Die Varieties are on the coin Die itself.
2. Mechanical Errors refer to planchet or
Striking Errors.
When I started in the 1960's, both the
national and local error club members
collected "Error Coins" (even earlier than
that - "Fido's" (Freaks, Irregularities, Defects, Oddities)
and no one gave a thought if you collected
Double Struck coins, and Die Cracks or Pre-VAM
Dollar Varieties... >>
fred, should a overdate, such as 1918/7, be considered a variety or an error?
K S >>
I thought overdates were in a class of their own because they were done on purpose.
Jerry
<< <i>It's a variety because the "error"
was on the Die itself..................
It's called an "Error" because, like
many overdates and 3-leggers,
Doubled Dies, etc. it's a fast, easy
word to use., ie. "I want the Overdate
Error Buffalo Nickel....."
As I mentioned, the general term Error
is used for both Die Varieties and
major Mechanical Errors...... >>
excellent! thanks, fred.
K S
but many people consider
them a sub-set of a Variety
as some overdates were
done on purpose.
However, the overdate IS
on the Die itself.
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