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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JCro57, post: 3280393, member: 92083&quot;]Machine doubling is caused because of a machine malfunction, and thus makes it a striking error. It is a legitimate error, but because these are so common there really is no premium and no desire to collect these among error collectors. Are some of them neat? Yes. Are these desired? Not really.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I mentioned before, die cracks are considered as &quot;die stages,&quot; not as &quot;Mint errors.&quot; A die stage is a flaw, but it is a flaw with the die, not a gaffe caused by the striking process due to a mechanical failure. It is caused because of physical stress on the die caused by repeated strikes, or can be caused by someone trying to repair a die by overpolishing it for example. A die stage occurs after the die was made but something happened that resulted in damage to it. A variety is a change or flaw on a die before it strikes a single coin, which could be accidental or intentional.</p><p><br /></p><p>You need to ask yourself this question when considering whether or not it is a Mint error: <b><i>What caused the coin to look like this?</i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p>If it looks the way it does because that is exactly how the die looks, it is <i><b>not </b></i>a Mint error. 3 legged Buffalo nickel? Not an error. A 1943 nickel with the 3 on top of a 2? Not an error. 1955 Doubled Die? Not an error. A die crack, a repunched mintmark, and clashed dies? Not Mint errors. Those all transferred what was on the die to what is now on the coin just the way a cookie cutter forms that image on to cookie dough.</p><p><br /></p><p>A Mint error is not caused by a coin die. It is caused because of a striking malfunction or a flaw within the metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look at the coin below. The metal around the date came off caused by a poor mix and/or impurities in the metal. It was not caused by the dies = a Mint error.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]867171[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This second coin below is a double strike. Does the die look like that which struck it? No = Mint error</p><p>[ATTACH=full]867175[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The third coin below is a nickel that was struck on 25c clad metal, not nickel metal. The metal is wrong = Mint error.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]867178[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The 4th coin is a 1943 Steel cent with a repunched mintmark. Does the die look like that with a doubled mintmark? Yes = <b><i>not </i></b>a Mint error, but a &quot;variety.&quot;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]867179[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The last coin is a 20% off center Susan B. Anthony $1. Does the die look like that? No = Mint error.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]867182[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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