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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 3604667, member: 15199&quot;]People can have different dividing lines between varieties and errors, so mine is for collecting standards , it is a variety if intentional effort or unintentional effort caused a change from the expected master the mint used originally, up to the die being used hitting the coin metal. After that is an error if the difference is caused by something unintentional by the mint&nbsp; ( some of which are so common to not be of extra value to some that are worth a large premium) .&nbsp;&nbsp; There is no separate &quot;variety&quot; forum, and I suspect it is because (1) People new to coins do not understand the process itself and could not differentiate,&nbsp; (2) Many can not&nbsp; tell a human altered coin or one that was on a parking lot grit for years from a real variety or error , (3) have different set points for the difference than I use.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the photos, I download the photos to Photoscape which is free and all can be changed and then saved and moved to the forum thread. If you look at the area just inside the rim about at the U in PLURIBUS&nbsp; &nbsp; to the M in UNUM&nbsp; in both coins you can see the line outside the denticles ( teeth like) and inside the rim.&nbsp; Jim</p><p><br /></p><p>Experience tends to over-rule power <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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