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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;howards, post: 2919608, member: 299&quot;]This statement is a bit confused.&nbsp; There is no master die prior to the latter part of 1869.&nbsp; Before then, there was a single master hub, but multiple working dies (made directly from the master hub). </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, in general, [shield nickel] varieties are not created by die deterioration but by some issue with the die creation process (e.g., misaligned hubbings causing doubled dies).&nbsp; This definition of a variety implies that a variety is present throughout the lifetime of the die&#039;s usage no matter how much wear the die has.</p><p><br /></p><p>The major counter-example to that definition that comes to mind is the 3-legged buffalo, which is due to die overpolishing, and is usually considered a variety.&nbsp; This variety is a triumph of marketing over normal numismatic definitions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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