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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 351390, member: 11521&quot;]The follwing coins are varieties, not errors: 1955 Double Die cent, 1922 Plain cent, 1937-D 3-Legged Buffalo nickel, 1942/1 Mercury dime. There are thousands of examples of these varieties whereas errors (off-center, clipped planchet, etc.) are usually unique. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>From <a href="http://coins.about.com/od/coinsglossary/g/die_variety.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.about.com/od/coinsglossary/g/die_variety.htm" rel="nofollow">About.com</a>:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;<span style="color: black">A die variety is any variation in the normal design of a given coin, usually caused by errors in the preparation or maintenance of the </span><a href="http://coins.about.com/od/coinsglossary/g/Coindiedefined.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.about.com/od/coinsglossary/g/Coindiedefined.htm" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">coin dies</span></a><span style="color: black">.</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black">. . . </span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black">One must be careful not to confuse die varieties with </span><a href="http://coins.about.com/od/coinsglossary/g/error_coin.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.about.com/od/coinsglossary/g/error_coin.htm" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">error coins</span></a><span style="color: black">, which have variations in their appearance as a result of the manufacturing process itself, such as off-center strikes, wrong </span><a href="http://coins.about.com/od/coinsglossary/g/planchet_coin.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.about.com/od/coinsglossary/g/planchet_coin.htm" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">planchet</span></a><span style="color: black"> types, planchet preparation mistakes, etc.&quot;</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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