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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 176104, member: 669&quot;]&quot;Type #&quot; designations are used interchangeably with &quot;Variety #&quot; designations whenever there are more than one significantly different versions of a particular coin.&nbsp; The exact meaning varies tremendously from coin to coin, so the way to find out what is meant by the designation on a particular coin is to research <i>that</i> coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, Variety 1 Wheaties are those made on copper/bronze planchets from 1909-42 and 1944-58; and Variety 2 are the Steelies of 1943.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand silver 3¢ Varieties 1-3 are distinguished by the presence of zero, two or three lines bodering the large six-pointed star on the obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Examples of multiple type world coins ares the Japanese 5 sen silver coins of certain years between 1873-92, and other coins of the same time period, where the Type 1 coins have separated characters &quot;mei&quot; and &quot;ji&quot; for the era name, and the Type 2s have a small connection between those characters.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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