There seems to be several considerations used to list scrip. Some contradict each other. I wonder what determines a listing vs. a variety.
What determines where a listing is placed, the office address or the mine site?
Any thoughts on these two questions or others along this line. Please let me hear from you.
Ken
Even the first edition of Edkins had varieties, they were listed as (vars) with no other description. The fourth edition started showing what were the differences. The fifth edition will be a real eyeopener for varieties. David Schenkman said to me may years ago that each minting was capable of being a variety, he was correct. There are at least 13 varieties of the Kilsyth Store penny. A listing will be a unreported scrip, different size or a different identified metal.
A variety in Edkins is when someone reports a scrip that has already been reported that has either a new obverse or reverse die having differences, no matter how small. Must be a different die. Most varieties will be Orco. Solid scrip where cutout scrip is the primary listings are now being attributed to the piece known .
There is a lot of confusing location listings of scrip in Edkins for sure. Mainly because Edkins relied on many sources for information and not all sources used the exact formula to determine location. I think when Edkins spent all that time putting together the first edition and getting information from so many sources he did a super great job . In the last 12 years or so I have tried to correct some of the issues of the catalogue that I have found. Almost all corrections have been printed in Scrip Talk BEFORE any changes were made, just in case anyone had better information. There are and will continue to be location questions of post office, shipping point or mine location. If I need to clarify anything please let me know. Keep looking, Billy
In August 1979 Scrip Talk, just a couple of years from the first edition being published, Don Edkins and RR Tippy had a discussion about these issues and more (counterstamps and punchouts)
I came up against this in the Harlan book. I finally decided that I don't even know what a variety is. So I decided that every piece that is made differently by the mint is a different token. I don't list accidents separately, but other than that, they get listed.