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Message:: [QUOTE="Hobo, post: 1218644, member: 11521"]We are using the same words but applying different definitions to the words. For most of us a variety is a coin struck by a die that is different from the others used at that time, e.g., a RPM. Every coin struck by that die is the same. On the other hand, for most of us an error is a coin something went wrong during planchet preparation or striking of the coin. Errors are generally one of a kind. An error can be a clipped planchet, an off-center strike, a brockage, a cud, etc. I am not following you. In you original post you were describing a 1936-S over S Buffalo Nickel. 'S over S' (aka S/S) means two mintmarks were punched into the die, one over the other. So is the error the coin struck from "the die (that) does not have 2 mint marks on it" or the coin struck from dies with only one mintmark? I am sorry if I offended you. Yes, this is a forum where people can communicate. Part of communication is using words that both parties understand. When you said "error" I was thinking "clipped planchet, off-center, broadstrike, a brockage, etc. but you meant RPM, which to most of us is a variety. I only pointed that out to you so you would know that what you described (an RPM) was a variety, not an error. I don't think anyone "jumped on the hate wagon". If you want to continue to call an RPM an error that is perfectly fine but you should expect to encounter some confusion.[/QUOTE]