Romania. 100 Lei-Km 111. Edge Varieties?

Hmm, why should those two "positions" be mentioned anyway? The orientation of an edge inscription is mere coincidence, due to the production process. Of course a note could be added to any coin catalog which explains this. But it would be silly to "split" every coin that has such an inscription into two "varieties".

Until a couple of years ago I did not even know that collectors in some countries consider different orientations of an edge inscription to be different (sub-)types. Around here (Germany, Netherlands ...) we have had edge inscriptions for many years; no catalog I know of has ever made such a differentiation. When I started reading about "Type A" and "Type B" coins in 2002 (euro cash launch), I had - like most other collectors around here - no clue what that meant ...

Christian

Chrisild, I don´t disagree with you, but a couple of years ago I discovered that Krause mentions "Type A" and "Type B" coins in some Belgian coins.
If I am not wrong, they were 5 francs from late 30´s.

Ah yes, the Krause (mine is the 2004 edition) explains that in the introduction to the "Belgium" pages. Seems that is due to different collecting habits: The German (Fed. Rep.) 2 and 5 DM coins, and now the €1 and €2 coins, for example all have edge inscriptions, and the Krause catalog does not mention that either.

The latter makes sense to me - a year or mintmark is placed deliberately, so variations should be mentioned in a catalog. The edge orientation, however, is not influenced by the mint. Of course I would not criticize any collector who says, "if there are two types of edge inscription orientation, I want both."

All I am saying is that I don't think both types should be listed. On the contrary: If for some reason a coin occurs only in the "A" or only in the "B" variety, that would be worth mentioning because it would be an extremely rare exception.

Christian