Can we please adapt the website or ask adjudicators and referees to insist that all photos are labelled properly - see below:-
These photos of a variation in the location of the mint mark on a French 20 euro cent coin from 1999 clearly identify the difference between the coins. But when it comes down to identifying between the coins, which one is the variation? If it is a standard deviation that is widely reflected, then surely the examples should be labelled ‘A’ and ‘B’. If not, then 'Original', or ‘Most Common’, and then ‘Variation’, not just left blank. Should I record the first one in my collection as Type A or Type B, etc. etc.? How do people know which type they are swapping? etc. etc.
I my view, this is more down to the referees or whoever is accepting this sort of addition into the catalogue, not the people who are submitting the variations. All they are doing is spotting that there is a difference between two similar coins. It is for the so called ‘experts’ (read Referees) to label these differences properly before the submission is finalised. They may, after all, have more access to information, or more resources or quantities (i.e. a larger collection, local information, etc.) of coins needed to verify these differences.
Even if an arbitrary A or B can be added, that would be better than nothing. Sloppy admin !!!
