United States coinage type set

United States coinage type set is a visual collection of each of the types of coins produced by the US Mints. A "Type set" collection is enjoyed by some collectors of coins who try to collect one example of as many types of coins as they can.

Due to various reasons (including prohibitive cost), collectors will sometimes group several different coins together as one "type." For example, one could collect a Liberty Seated dime, quarter, and half dollar, and call that their example of a Liberty Seated coin for each denomination. Or, they could choose to collect an example of sub-types within the Liberty Seated design, including the with and without arrows at date, and with and without mottos.

Additionally, delineating sub-types within a particular design is not always consistent. For example, almost all type collectors consider the 1909 "V.D.B." Lincoln cent to be different from the 1909 no-"V.D.B." Lincoln cent (where the designer's initials, V.D.B., were displayed on the bottom of the reverse and removed about a month later). However, the "V.D.B." initials were returned to the Lincoln cent in 1918 on the bottom of the bust on the obverse, and almost no type collector considers this a separate type. Likewise in the Lincoln cent series, the composition change in 1943 to steel and the composition change in 1982 from bronze to copper-plated zinc are considered separate types by almost all, but the brass composition used in 1944-1946 is not considered a separate type from the 1947 return to bronze. (The Lincoln cent series is full of other examples, including modifications to the size of Lincoln's bust during the early 1970s).

Consequently, each collector will need to decide for themselves how specific they wish to be when putting together a U.S. coin type set, though the decision is often made for them if they choose specific albums, such as the very popular Dansco 7070.

US Copper Type Coins

Half Cents:	Photo
Liberty Cap (Left), 1793	NNC-US-1793-½C-Liberty Cap Half Cent (left)
Liberty Cap (Right), 1794-1797	NNC-US-1794-½C-Liberty Cap Half Cent (right)
Draped Bust, 1800-1808	NNC-US-1806-½C-Draped Bust Half Cent
Classic Head, 1809-1835	NNC-US-1828-½C-Classic Head Half Cent (proof)
Coronet, 1849-1857	NNC-US-1844-½C-Braided Hair Half Cent (proof)

Large Cents:	Photo
Flowing Hair silver centered cent, 1792
Flowing Hair Chain Cents, 1793
Flowing Hair Strawberry Wreath Cents, 1793
Flowing Hair Wreath Cents, 1793
Liberty Cap cents, 1793-1796
Draped Bust, 1796-1807
Classic Head, 1808-1814
Coronet, 1816-1839
Coronet (braided hair), 1840-1857

Small Cents:	Photo
Flying Eagle, 1856-1858
Indian Head, laurel wreath, 1859
Indian Head, oak leaf wreath, copper nickel, 1860-1864 Indian Head, oak leaf wreath, bronze, 1864-1909
Lincoln Head, VDB, 1909
Lincoln Head, wheat reverse, 1909-1958
Lincoln Head, steel, 1943
Lincoln Head, Memorial reverse, (bronze) 1959-1982, (copper plated zinc) 1982-2008
Lincoln Head, Bicentennial, (copper plated zinc) 2009
Lincoln Head, Union shield, (copper plated zinc) 2010-

2 Cent piece:	Photo
2 Cent Piece, Bronze, 1864-1872

US Nickel Type Coins

Nickel 3 Cent pieces:	Photo
Nickel, 1865-1889

5 cent Nickels:	Photo
Shield (with rays), 1866-1867
Shield (no rays), 1867-1883
Liberty Head (no cents), 1883
Liberty Head (with cents), 1883-1912
Buffalo (Variety 1), 1913
Buffalo (Variety 2), 1913-1938
Jefferson 1938-2003
Jefferson, 35% silver, 1942-1945
Jefferson, Westward Journey, 2004-2006
Jefferson, facing forward, 2006-

US Silver Type Coins

Silver 3 Cent pieces:	Photo
Silver, 1851-1873

Half dimes:	Photo
Bust Half Dime, 1792
Flowing Hair Half Dime, 1794-1795
Draped Bust Half Dime, 1796-1805
Capped Bust, 1829-1837
Liberty Seated, 1837-1859 Liberty Seated (with arrows), 1853-1855
Liberty Seated (with legend, new reverse), 1860-1873

Dimes:	Photo
Draped Bust, 1796-1807
Capped Bust, 1809-1837
Liberty Seated (no stars), 1837-1838 Liberty Seated (with stars), 1838-1860 Liberty Seated (arrows at date), 1853-1855 Liberty Seated (with legend), 1860-1891
Liberty Head ("Barber"), 1892-1916
Mercury, 1916-1945
Roosevelt, silver, 1946-1964 Roosevelt, clad, 1965-Present

20 cent piece:	Photo
Liberty Seated, 1875-1878

Quarters:	Photo
Draped Bust, Small Eagle 1796
Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle 1804–1807
Capped Bust 1815-1838
Liberty Seated (No motto), 1838-1865 Liberty Seated (arrows at date), 1853-1855 Liberty Seated (with legend), 1856-1891
Liberty Head ("Barber"), 1892-1916
Standing Liberty (type 1), 1916-1917
Standing Liberty (type 2), 1917-1930
Washington, silver, 1932-1964 Washington, clad, 1965-1974, 1977-1998
Washington, clad, bicentennial, 1975-1976
Washington, Statehood, 1999-2008
Washington, District of Columbia and US Territories, 2009
Washington, America the Beautiful, 2010-2021
Washington, Washington crossing the Delaware, 2021
Washington, American Women Quarters, 2022-2025

Half Dollars:	Photo
Flowing Hair: 1794-1795
Draped Bust: 1796-1807
Capped Bust: (lettered edge), 1807-1836 (reeded edge), 1836-1839
Liberty Seated: (no motto), 1839-1865 (with arrows), 1853-1855 (with motto), 1866-1891
Liberty Head ("Barber"), 1892-1915
Walking Liberty, 1916-1947
Franklin Half, 1948-1963
Kennedy Half: (90% silver) 1964 (40% silver) 1965-1970 (Cu/Ni Clad) 1971-1974, 1977-
Kennedy Half, clad, bicentennial, 1975-1976

Silver, clad, and "golden" Dollars:	Photo
Flowing Hair, 1794-1795
Draped Bust, 1795-1804
Liberty Seated, 1840-1873
"Trade Dollar" 1873-1878 (circulation), 1873-1885 (proofs)
Morgan Dollar, 1878-1921
Peace Dollar, 1921-1935
Eisenhower Dollar, 1971-1974, 1977-1978
Eisenhower Dollar, bicentennial, 1975-1976
Susan B. Anthony Dollar, 1979-1981, 1999
Sacagawea "Golden" Dollar, 2000-2008
Presidential Dollar, 2007-2016, 2020-present
Sacagawea "Native American" Dollar, 2009-

US Gold type coins

Gold 1 dollar coins:	Photo
Liberty head, 1849-1854
Indian Princess gold dollar, 1854-1889

Gold "Quarter Eagle" $2.50 coins:	Photo
Draped Bust, 1796-1807
Capped Bust, 1808-1834
Classic Head, 1834-1839
Liberty Head, 1840-1907
Indian, 1908-1929

Gold "Three-dollar" $3.00 coins:	Photo
Indian Princess, 1854-1889

Gold "Half Eagle" $5 coins:	Photo
Draped Bust, 1795-1807
Capped Bust, 1807-1834
Classic Head, 1834-1838
Liberty Head, 1839-1908
Indian, 1908-1929

Gold "Eagle" $10 coins:	Photo
Draped Bust, 1795-1804
Liberty Head, 1838-1907
Indian, 1907-1933

Gold "Double Eagle" $20 coins:	Photo
Liberty Head, 1849-1907
St. Gaudens, 1907-1933

Bullion coins

Silver Eagle, .999 fine Silver bullion coins:	Photo
1 Troy Ounce Type 1, 1986-2021 1 Troy Ounce Type 2, 2021-date

Gold Eagle, 22 karat Gold bullion coins:	Photo
Tenth-Ounce, 1986-date Quarter-Ounce, 1986-date Half-Ounce, 1986-date One-Ounce, 1986-date

Gold Buffalo, .9999 fine Gold bullion coins:	Photo
Tenth-Ounce, 2008 Quarter-Ounce, 2008 Half-Ounce, 2008 One-Ounce, 2008-date

Platinum Eagle, .9995 fine Platinum bullion coins:	Photo
Type, date range

External links

• United States Mint