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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JCro57, post: 3279123, member: 92083&quot;]A die crack is considered a &quot;die stage,&quot; not a Mint error. Doubled dies, repunched mintmarks, and overdates are also not Mint errors but are &quot;varieties,&quot; though they are &quot;mistakes.&quot; A die stage is when the die started out fine, but it went through trauma as a result of striking thousands and thousands of planchets 12 times per second with dozens of tons of pressure, or if overpolished to correct a problem. A variety is when there is a slight change - accidental or on purpose - to a die before it even strikes one coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>A Mint Error is a mishap due to a mechanical failure or mishap (a coin is struck twice, or off center, or is not struck at all, etc.) or a flaw with the metal itself (a coin is struck on the wrong metal or the metal starts to flake off, etc.). Below are some actual Mint errors:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]866561[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]866562[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]866564[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]866565[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]866566[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]866568[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]866570[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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