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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 1186845, member: 24633&quot;]This article by David Lange was posted on the NGC Home Page, and I thought it would be worthwhile to post it here for some of the newcomers to the hobby.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Chris</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>USA Coin Album: It’s an Error to Call a Variety an Error</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Posted by David W. Lange, NGC Research Director on 5/10/2011 <i>In this month&#039;s column, David addresses confusion about what constitutes an error versus a variety.</i></p><p><img src="http://www.ngccoin.com/news/enews/images/dave_lange.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> One of my roles at Numismatic Guaranty Corporation is to attribute varieties of United States coins. Something I’ve observed repeatedly is that many submitters don’t seem to distinguish between die varieties and mint errors. Since my colleague at NGC, David Camire, attributes the latter, we are frequently swapping boxes of coins that were directed to the wrong party. I can’t tell for certain whether the submitters intentionally mix the two categories or simply can’t comprehend the difference. Just in case there remains some confusion about what constitutes an error versus a variety, I will address that very subject in this month’s column. .........</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ngccoin.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?IDArticle=2103&amp;USA-Coin-Album" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ngccoin.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?IDArticle=2103&amp;USA-Coin-Album" rel="nofollow">http://www.ngccoin.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?IDArticle=2103&amp;USA-Coin-Album</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: red">edited - copyright</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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