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Message:: [QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 4902929, member: 105098"]It's up to the catalogers. In general it's a variety (die variety) if it's on the die, like a die gouge, die dent, doubled die, repunched mint mark, or wrong die. And it's an error (minting error) if it's not on the die but a problem in the minting routine. Like a brockage, misaligned die, die break, double struck or rotated. What I'm not real clear on is a die clash and where that falls. I know left over polishing lines from removing a clash would be considered a variety because you can use it to identify a die or die pair, like in Morgan or peace dollar VAMs. As far as die gouge or die dent, there's always been some confusion in the hobby correctly identifying one from the other. A die gouge is usually more like a really deep die scratch or a "cut" that's incused in the die. A die dent is more like a indention incused in the die. When it's a linear die dent this is where the confusion of whether it's a gouge or a dent appears to happen most of the time.[/QUOTE]