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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 395604, member: 15062&quot;]I think I&#039;m learning but I&#039;m still not sure.&nbsp; If I understand what you&#039;re saying -</p><p><br /></p><p>An error is a one time or very limited thing like a broken die, incorrect planchet or an off center pressing.</p><p><br /></p><p>A variety is something on a regular production run that doesn&#039;t match the rest of the run, such as die differences, repunched dates or lettering/date size differences.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I&#039;m having a hard time wrapping my mind around is, for instance, the 55DD cent.&nbsp; If the die was prepared in error, why isn&#039;t the coin produced by that die also an error?</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the planchets for the new Presidential Dollar coins with lettering missing from the rim were prepared in error so does that make the coins a variety, or an error as they are universally described?</p><p><br /></p><p>(As a related aside, why has the 55DD reached such an exulted position with collectors when there are several other DD cents which are rarely mentioned?&nbsp; And don&#039;t have their own holes in albums.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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