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<p>[QUOTE="Fish, post: 501121, member: 6034"]Actually, if you want to get really technical they're not a variety or an error, they're a die state. Errors are generally one-offs caused by flaws in the minting process (or intentional on the part of a mint employee, but they fire you for that when they catch you), varieties are combinations of dies and planchets (though you see planchet being an issue more for patterns), and die states are made when something happens to a die (such as striking something which damages it like another die or a bolt, or it is lapped [often called polishing], or the die deteriorates from wear).</p><p><br /></p><p>Some days I like nitpicking.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Fish, post: 501121, member: 6034"]Actually, if you want to get really technical they're not a variety or an error, they're a die state. Errors are generally one-offs caused by flaws in the minting process (or intentional on the part of a mint employee, but they fire you for that when they catch you), varieties are combinations of dies and planchets (though you see planchet being an issue more for patterns), and die states are made when something happens to a die (such as striking something which damages it like another die or a bolt, or it is lapped [often called polishing], or the die deteriorates from wear). Some days I like nitpicking.[/QUOTE]
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