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Message:: [QUOTE="eddiespin, post: 2199528, member: 4920"]Ah, OK, you're just overwhelmed. You need a focus. OK, here we go... There are errors and varieties. That's all. There's nothing else. What's the difference? Now we're going 40 pages because when you get right down to it the difference is elusive. How do I look at it? This is the best I can do. An error is something unintentional while a variety is something intentional. Therefore, a doubled die is an error that happened in the die stage. A variety is just a different-looking coin by intent. As an example, there's an 1865 Indian Head cent with a "Plain 5," and one with a "Fancy 5." Those are clearly varieties of that cent. Now, pick up any coin book, and it will probably have a chapter on errors. Those are striking errors, not die errors, as in the doubled dies. As such, people tend to call the die errors "varieties." That's just to differentiate them from what can go wrong in the striking stage. Look over the different errors in the book. Read more about them in other books. Find something that looks a little off, show it to us, we'll help you out. Through that process, study, and showing your finds, you'll get the hang of it. It just takes time. I hope this is of some benefit. Good hunting to you.[/QUOTE]