The Latest News about the Error-Variety Ready Reference
July 9th, 2012 – Welcome to this unique site. Through the efforts of our staff, we hope to bring to you, the collector, the best and most pertinent information available concerning error and variety coins. While the site is not yet complete, our plan is to continuously work on gathering information that is of interest to the E/V community.
This page will show you our progress by linking to new entries. So, stop by often and see what is new.
– BJ Neff
We have added a new page to the site; “Compound and Complex Errors”. This page will deal with the more unusual errors that have occurred. Make sure to check out this new entry!
– Author Unknown
July 16th, 2014 – Error-ref.com has found a new home and a new look. The site has been officially transferred over and you may encounter some errors. If you will please notify us of these errors.
Thank you.
– BJ Neff
June, 2017 – We added “Stress-Induced Surface Irregularities” to our list of errors and varieties.
May, 2017 – We added or updated “Vickers Test Mark Left In Die”, “Floating Collar Clash”, and “Field-Restricted Struck-Through Errors” to our list of errors and varieties.
– JC Stevens
February 20th, 2017 – We just added “Defective Punch” and “Detail-Erasing Die Wear” to our list of errors and varieties.
August 19th, 2016 – We added “The Henning Nickel” to Part XI. Non Errors.
– Author JC Stevens
October, 2021 – We added “Crenellated Rim,” “Feeder/Ejector Scrapes,” “Inverted Hump,” “Partial Collar,” and “[Struck Through] String.” We updated “Rockwell Test Mark In Planchet,” “Pivoted Die Error,” “Collar Damage,” and “Chatter Clash.”
November, 2021 – We added “External Disc Impressions.”
December, 2021 – We added “Hidden Initials And Symbols” and “Illicitly Applied Die Impressions.” We updated “Ejection Impact Doubling,” “Rim-restricted Design Duplication,” and “Die Rings (Tiny Rings, Semicircles, Crescents, And Spirals).”
January, 2022 – We updated “Die Scrapes.”
January, 2023 – We added “Design/Composition Mismatches” and “Die Exfoliation Errors.” We updated “Radial Flow Lines” and “[Saddle (Tandem) Strikes] On Quarter Dollars.”
February, 2023 – We added “Deformed Collar” and “Edge Strikes.”
April, 2023 – JC Stevens updated “Henning Nickel.”
May, 2023 – We added “Misaligned Hubbing (Uncorrected),” “‘Spackled’ Dies (Intentionally Applied Grease),” “Multiple Misaligned Strikes,” “Grease-Generated Counterbrockage,” “Exogenous Floating Die Clash,” and “Ejection Doubling.”
July, 2023 – We updated “Wrong Ring.”
October, 2023 – We added “Yanked-Out Fillings” and “Encircling Pressure Bumps.”
December, 2023 – We added “Struck-In Die Fragments,” “Misaligned Collar Clash,” “Catastrophic Collar Failure,” “Anvil Die Collar Clash,” and “Earliest Inverted Die Setup.”
March, 2025 – We updated “Rim-Restricted Design Duplication.”
– Shane Daniel