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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;foundinrolls, post: 690017, member: 4350&quot;]Just another opportunity to educate.&nbsp; Most of the time when you guys call something an error,&nbsp; you are talking about something that is really a die variety.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t confuse the two.&nbsp; Any coin will have minor imperfections.&nbsp; They are not errors. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a brief encapsulation of what is what. </p><p><br /></p><p>Errors are relatively major mishaps that occur during the actual, mechanical part of minting a coin.&nbsp; An off-center struck coin is an error, for example.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Die Varieties are coins that have major issues with the manufacture of the die itself.&nbsp; Doubled dies, tripled dies, etc. occur as hubs and dies come together without being properly aligned.&nbsp; The details on the die are actually doubled.&nbsp; Repunched Mint marks are die varieties that can occur when a mint mark (prior to 1990) is added to a die.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Die chips are an indication of the stage a die is in.&nbsp;&nbsp; Many specialists include these in a separate category.&nbsp; I do.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The terms are important to use correctly and should ot be interchanged.</p><p><br /></p><p>A 1955 Doubled die cent, for example is a die variety and not an error.</p><p><br /></p><p>A coin struck by a capped die is an error and not a die variety.</p><p><br /></p><p>A coin with a clogged 9 or a filled 0 due to a die chip or two indicates that the die being used is at a certain stage in it&#039;s life.&nbsp; The clogs are acceptable as far as the Mint&#039;s specs go so technically they are not an error although some may disagree with that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Machine doubled coinage is common and to most, junk with no value.&nbsp; People , including some dealers think they have value because their eyeballs light up at the sight of any kind of doubling.&nbsp; Unfortunately, machine doubling is as common as sand on Jone&#039;s Beach, and is also acceptable based upon the specs used by the Mint to mint a coin.&nbsp; It is a form of damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Try not to confuse the terms so that as you progress in the hobby,&nbsp; others can learn from you.&nbsp; This is an area of our hobby that is truly growing and you get a chance to understand it by first learning and using some of the terminology correctly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks and Have Fun,</p><p>Bill[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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