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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bmmartin, post: 3916277, member: 98956&quot;]Hi Kevin!</p><p><br /></p><p>I think I could live with that.&nbsp; If I&#039;m correct, and just to clarify, you&#039;re speaking of mintmarks (RPM and the like), dates (when punched on older coins), and the actual coin design (such as doubled dies and mules)?&nbsp; I think this conforms with NGC&#039;s definition that &quot;numerous doubled dies, overdates, repunched mintmarks <b>and the like</b> . . . qualify as varieties[.]&quot; n.1</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s two possibilities where the lint could have came in, right?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>(1) At the die making stage, where lint came between a hub and a die (unlikely, but possible).&nbsp; If so (just positing), this would make the resulting &quot;5&quot; an EDS marker, right?&nbsp; Over time, the lint mark would wear off - and other markers would indicate MDS or LDS.&nbsp; In this situation, would it still matter if it&#039;s an anomaly?&nbsp; I&#039;ll expand later.</p><p><br /></p><p>(2) During striking, where a lint came between a planchet and a die.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never held a die, but I imagine they&#039;re not that malleable.&nbsp; My understanding of physics is that if you have a hard object pressed against a softer object, and a soft piece of lint in between, the softer object will be indented (thinking Mohs scale).</p><p><br /></p><p>Take play dough and a mold - if lint came in between it, the plastic mold wouldn&#039;t have an indentation, but the play dough would?&nbsp; Alternatively, if they were both of equal hardness, the lint would press into both (thinking die clashes or a diamond scratching a diamond), right? </p><p><br /></p><p>However, assuming the pressure is enough and a lint mark occurs, wouldn&#039;t the resulting lint mark be a die dent error? n.2</p><p><br /></p><p>If so, then isn&#039;t the hoof-shaped dent in the Kansas silver quarter an error, and not a variety?&nbsp; NGC&#039;s diagnostics require &quot;[a] hoof-shaped dent in the die appears at the bison&#039;s hip.&quot; n.3 </p><p><br /></p><p>What&#039;s particularly damning (especially for lint naysayers) is this evidence:</p><p><br /></p><p>Wait for it... </p><p><br /></p><p>Wait for it...&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Wait for it...</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1962 &quot;D&quot; on Bell Franklin half dollar proof.</p><p><br /></p><p>In order to receive the attribution as a Fivas-Stanton, FS-901, NGC requires a &quot;D&quot; on the reverse of a 1962 proof 50 cent, SPECIFICALLY noting that &quot;[a] <b>lint impression</b> from cleaning of the die or some other impressed object <b>created the illusion of a letter &quot;D&quot;</b> on the bell to the right of STOW.&quot; n.4</p><p><br /></p><p>Side comment:&nbsp; For those without pareidolia, the Misplaced &quot;5&quot; (Nickel on the Dime, sorry, I like my son&#039;s term!) and Superbird &quot;S&quot; are MUCH more clear than the &quot;U&quot; (I don&#039;t even remotely see a &quot;D&quot;) on the 1962 <i>variety</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Where NGC appears to contradict itself is in its comments, writing that &quot;[t]his is a <b>similar variety to the &quot;Superbird&quot; quarter</b> of 1952.&quot; n.5</p><p><br /></p><p>But didn&#039;t NGC discontinue its attribution of the &quot;Superbird&quot;??? n.6</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t check all of the FS-901 varieties on NGC&#039;s website for &quot;lint impressions&quot;, but that one was one of the first I saw.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Are there others?</p><p><br /></p><p>Notes</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; <i>See </i>Staff Writer.&nbsp; <i>What is a Variety?&nbsp; </i>NGC Variety Plus, n.d., <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/what-is-a-variety/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/what-is-a-variety/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/what-is-a-variety/</a>, retrieved Dec. 4, 2019 (emphasis added).</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; <i>See </i>Staff Writer.&nbsp; <i>Die Errors: Die Damage: Die Dent</i>.&nbsp; Error-Ref.com, Pt. IV, n.d., <a href="http://www.error-ref.com/die-dent/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.error-ref.com/die-dent/" rel="nofollow">http://www.error-ref.com/die-dent/</a>, retrieved Dec. 4, 2019.</p><p><br /></p><p>3.&nbsp; Staff Writer.&nbsp; <i>NGC Attribution: KANSAS - DENTED BISON</i>.&nbsp; NGC Variety Plus, 2019, <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/united-states/quarters/state-and-territorial-quarters-1999-2009/816775/?page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/united-states/quarters/state-and-territorial-quarters-1999-2009/816775/?page=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/united-states/quarters/state-and-territorial-quarters-1999-2009/816775/?page=1</a>, retrieved Dec. 4, 2019.</p><p><br /></p><p>4.&nbsp; Staff Writer.&nbsp; <i>NGC Attribution: 1962 &quot;D&quot; ON BELL FS-901 50C PF</i>.&nbsp; NGC Variety Plus, 2019, <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/united-states/half-dollars/franklin-half-dollars-1948-1963/820299/?page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/united-states/half-dollars/franklin-half-dollars-1948-1963/820299/?page=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/united-states/half-dollars/franklin-half-dollars-1948-1963/820299/?page=1</a>, retrieved Dec. 4, 2019 (emphasis added).</p><p><br /></p><p>5.&nbsp; <i>Id</i>. (emphasis added).</p><p><br /></p><p>6.&nbsp; <i>See</i>, supra, post 54.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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