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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JCro57, post: 4789343, member: 92083&quot;]A die variety is an unintentional flaw on a die that is on there before a single planchet is struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, the 1955 Doubled Die cent had a flaw engraved into the die. It had not yet struck a single planchet yet the flaw is there. That is a die variety.</p><p><br /></p><p>A mint error occurs because the planchet is defective, a die is defective (split, shatter, cud, clash, crack, chip), a striking error occurs, the wrong planchet or coining metal was struck, or other mechanical mishaps.</p><p><br /></p><p>This the 3 Legs Buffalo nickel is a Mint Error. Was the die like that before one planchet was struck like the 1955 DDO? No. It was polished off to repair a die clash after striking started. Thus it is not a die variety.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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