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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3170250, member: 112"]As you've noticed yourself the answers to your questions depend on whom you ask. And sometimes you even get different answers from the very same people !</p><p><br /></p><p>Another example, look at your Red Book. The different Liberty nickels, they call them varieties. The different Buffs, also varieties. But the Jeffs, even though the designed and alloy both changed during the war and again after the war - they don't call them types or varieties. And in '66 when design changes were made again- still no distinction as to type or variety. And again with design changes from 2004 on- again no distinction as to type or variety.</p><p><br /></p><p>So where is the consistency ? And it's not just the nickels.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's like the age old debate among experts as to what defines a variety and what defines an error. There simply is no definitive answer. But there most definitely should be ! As there should be for everything else as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3170250, member: 112"]As you've noticed yourself the answers to your questions depend on whom you ask. And sometimes you even get different answers from the very same people ! Another example, look at your Red Book. The different Liberty nickels, they call them varieties. The different Buffs, also varieties. But the Jeffs, even though the designed and alloy both changed during the war and again after the war - they don't call them types or varieties. And in '66 when design changes were made again- still no distinction as to type or variety. And again with design changes from 2004 on- again no distinction as to type or variety. So where is the consistency ? And it's not just the nickels. It's like the age old debate among experts as to what defines a variety and what defines an error. There simply is no definitive answer. But there most definitely should be ! As there should be for everything else as well.[/QUOTE]
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