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Message:: [QUOTE="JCro57, post: 3284398, member: 92083"]I guess I am being just too technical. A die stage like a crack or a clash would in fact pump out coins mirroring that crack/clash, but that itself does not make it a "variety."  How do you explain the difference between a hubbed doubled die and a die crack? Are those both varieties? One started that way before one coin was struck, while another occurred as a result of striking stresses on the die. The very point it becomes damaged from a crack, a clash, a shattered die, alterations from overpolishing to fix a problem, it then becomes a die stage. The 1955 doubled die is a variety, the 3 legged Buffalo nickel is a die stage. An overdate is a variety, a die crack is a die stage. A die clash was not hubbed that way, so it can't be a variety; it is a die stage. Many people, dealers, and even some reference books use them interchangeably, but there is a difference. Thus you need to ask yourself, "What caused this coin to look this way?" A variety does not simply mean a die flaw was transferred to struck coins. It matters when it occurred.[/QUOTE]