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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JCro57, post: 3109737, member: 92083&quot;]There is a lot of confusion for new and even experienced collectors on terminology.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, error means mistake, and an unintentional variety (3-legs Buffalo nickel) is a mistake, but it is not an &quot;error&quot;; it is a variety. And yet there are many varieties of errors, and varieties of varieties! And some varieties can also be errors! (e.g. An off-centered 1955 doubled die)</p><p><br /></p><p>I find even the TPGs mess up quite a bit on terminology, mainly the difference between blank and planchet. For me, that makes a huge difference. A coin struck on a blank is more rare than struck on a planchet. Several times I have had to return coins because it was not struck on a blank as stated on the label. Even CONECA, supposedly the specialist in error attributions, messes up quite a bit on the differences. People also say &quot;blank planchet&quot; when it should be &quot;unstruck planchet&quot;; it cant be a blank and a planchet at the same time because it can&#039;t be both missing a rim yet have a rim.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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