Type Collection

United States Circulating "type" coins

   In contrast to my "survey collection" which contains almost all of the major design elements, this collection of "type" coins is missing dozens of pieces recognized as members of the traditional "complete" type set.
   ** Missing major design elements (~ 4 minor & 2 Gold). 1/2 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 5 / 10 / 25 / 50 / $1 / gold


* The mintages listed below, the approximate mintages for the type, reveal some unppreciated relative rarities in the type series.

   For example, the 1883 "no cents" nickel, while priced less than any other dates in the "V nickel" series, is actually relatively scarce as a "type" coin.

   Another unappreciated rarity is the coronet type 1/2 cent (1840-1857), with a mintage of 544,000, less than 1/6 of the draped bust type.
The coronet type 1/2 cent is # 17 in rarity according to mintage, ranking above the large head bust quarter dollar (1,280,000)
and 20 cents piece (1,340,000) in rarity.

A final suprise to me, though perhaps better known to serious type collectors is the scarcity of the early 1/2 dime types, which includes 4
(counting the 1792) of the top 10 raritites in terms of mintage.

      Half Cent Types

1793 **
Flowing Hair
* Mintage 35,000

1794-1797
Liberty Cap
Mintage 350,000

1800-1808

1806 Draped Bust 1/2 cent
Mintage 3,400,000

1809-1835

1833 Classic Head 1/2 cent
Mintage 3,900,000

1840-1857

1851 Coronet Head 1/2 cent
Mintage 544,000

Cent Types

Large Cents

Chain **	Liberty Cap 1793-1796	Draped Bust 1796-1807	Classic Head1808-1814	Coronet Head (Matron) 1816-1839	Braided Hair 1836-1857
1793 Mintage 36,000 Wreath ** 1793 Mintage 63.000	Mintage 1,690,000	Bust type Mintage 16,100,000	Clasisc head Mintage 4,750,000	Matron Head mtg. 47,800,000	1856 Large cent Coronet type,. mtg 86,000,000

Small Cents

Flying Eagle 1857-1858	Indian Head 1859	Indian Head 1860-1864	Indian Head 1864-1909

Lincoln 1909-present	Lincoln Steel 1943	Lincoln Mem
		1959-Date

rTwo Cents 1864-1873	Three Cents Nickel	Three Cents Silver \1851-1853 Type 1 .80 g.	Three Cents 1854-1858 Type 2 Arrows added to indicate weight decrease to .75 g	Three Cents Type 3 1859-1873
1867 2 cents	1865-1889			1862

5 c Nickel 1866-present

1866-1867 Shield with rays

1866

1867-1883

1868

1883 No Cents

1883-1912

1905 Liberty nickel - received in change from "SEPTA" vending machine February 2002,

1913 Buffalo Type 1

1913-1938 Buffalo Type 1I

1938-present

1942-45

5 c Silver 1792-1873

Half Disme ** 1792	Flowing Hair 1794-1795	Drpd Bust-SE 1796-1797	Drpd Bust-HE 1800-1805	Cap Bust 1829-1837

Seated-No Stars 1837-1838 Type 1	Stars No Drapery 1838-1840 Type 2	Drapery 1838-1859 Type 3	Arrows 1853-1855 Type 4	Seated-"USA" 1860-1873 Type 5

	1839 No Drapery Dug from Seminole War fort site in North Florida. ex Dr. Ray Giron, Stanl\y, Va	1857 1840-1853 1.25 g. 1856-1859 1.24 g.	\Arrows signify weight decrease to 1.24 g

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Drpd Bust-SE	Drpd Bust-HE	Cap Bust Lg 1808-1828	Cap Bust Sm 1828-1837	Seated-No Stars1837-1838 Seated Liberty Type 1
1796-1797	1798-1807

Seated-No Drapery 1838-1839 Seated Liberty Type 2	Seated-Stars 1840-1860 Seated Liberty Type 3	Seated-Arrows 1853-1855 Seated Liberty Type 4	Seated USA" 1860-1891 Type 5	Seated "USA" 1873-74 Arrows Type 6
		Arrows signify weight decrease to 2.49 g		Arrows signify weight increase to 2.50 g \

Barber 1892-1916	"Mercury" 1916-1945	Rooevelt 1946-Date		Twenty Cents 1875-1878
				1875-S 20 cent piece

Quarters

Drpd Bust-SE 1796	Drpd Bust-HE 1804-1807	Large Bust 1815-1828	Small Bust 1831-1838	Seated-No Drapery 1838-1840
	1807 B-2 Rarity 3 from the Mohawk Valley Hoard ex Stack's 3./11/2009 #1922.

Seated-No Motto 1838-1865 Type 2	Seated-Rays & Arrows Type 3	Seated-Arrows 1854-1855 Type 4	Seated Motto 1866-1891 Type 5	Seated-Arrows Type 6
1856	1853 Arrows signify weight decrease from 6.68 g to 6.22 g	<-1854->		Arrows signify weight increase to 6.25 g

Barber 1892-1916	Stand Lib-I 1916-1917	Stand Lib-II 1917-1939	Washington 1932-Date

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Half Dollar

Flowing Hair 1794-1795	Drpd Bust-SE 1796-1797	Drpd Bust-HE 1801-1807	Cap Bust-Letter Edge 1807-1836	1834-1836 Reduced size of head	Cap Bust-50 Cents 1836-1837	Cap Bust-Half Dol 1838-1839
		1807 50 c O-109a. Rarity-3. from the Mohawk Valley Hoard ex Stack's 3./11/2009 #1954				1838 EF-40 (NGC) Stack's 4/5/2010 #12300

Seated-No Drapery 1839 Type 1	Seated-No Motto 1839-1865 Type 2	Arrows & Rays 1853 Type 3	Arrows 1854-1855 Type 4	Motto 1866-1891 Type 5	Arrows 1873-1874 Type 6
		Arrows signify weight decrease from 13.36 g to 12.44 g			NCS #3231590-008 Arrows signiBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBfy weight increase to 12.50 g

Barber 1892-1915	Walking Liberty 1916-1947	Franklin1948-1963	Kennedy (Silver) 1964

Dollar

Dollar (Silver)
Flowing Hair 1794-1795	Drpd Bust-SE 1795-1798	Drpd Bust-HE 1798-1803	Seated-Flying Eagle 1836-1839	Seated No Motto 1840-1866

Seated Motto 1866-1873	Trade Dollar 1873-1878	Morgan 1878-1921	Peace 1921-1935	Eisenhower 1971-1978

U.S. Gold Coin Types 1850-1933

$1 Gold Type I 1849-1854
Braided hair

$1 Gold Type II & III
1854-1889 Feathered Crown

$2.50 Coronet Head
1840-1907

$2.50 Indian Head
1908-1929

$3 Gold 1854-1889

1860 $3.00 Gold piece

$5.00 Gold 1839-1908

1907 $5.00 Gold

$5 Gold 1908-1929

$10 Gold 1838-1907

1907 $5.00 Gold

$10 Gold 1907-1933

1932 $10.00 Gold

$20 Gold 1850-1907

1895 $20 gold

$20 Gold 1907-1932

1912 $20 gold

Type coins sorted by increasing total mintage

0. Half Dime * 1792 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1792_half_disme 2500-4000
1. Half Dollar * 1796-1797 Small eagle 3,918
2. Quarter * Drpd Bust-SE 1796 6,000
3. Half Cent 1793 Flowing Hair Half Cent 35,000
4. Large Cent * 1793 Chain 36,000
5. Dime * 1796-1797 Draped Bust-SE 47,000
6. Half Dime * 1796-1797 Draped Bust-SE 54,600
7. Large Cent * 1793 Wreath 63,000
8. Half Dime * 1794-1795 Flowing Hair 86,400
9. Half Dime 1800-1805 Drpd Bust-HE 120,000
10. Dollar * Flowing Hair 1794-1795 160,000
11. Half Dollar * 1794-1795 Flowing Hair 220,000
12. Half Cent * 1794-1797 Liberty Cap 350,000
13. Dollar * Drpd Bust-SE 1795-1798 125,000 to 400,000
14. Dime * 1798-1807 Drpd Bust-HE 425,000
15. Half Cent 1840-1857 Coronet Head 544,000 EF 40 $115 <====
16. Quarter * Drpd Bust-HE 1804-1807 554,000    F12 $1200
17. Seated-No Drapery Quarter 1838-1840 1,000,000
18. Dollar Drpd Bust-HE 1798-1803 1,000,000
19. Dime 1837 Seated-No Stars 1,088,000
20. Large Bust Quarter 1815-1828 1,280,000   VF $400
21. Twenty Cents 1875-1878 1,340,000    VF 30 $230
22. Half Dime 1837 No stars 1,475,000
23. Three Cents Silver III 1,600,000 EF 40 $90
24. Half Dollar 1801-1807 Heraldic Eagle 1,600,000
25. Large Cent 1793-1796 Liberty Cap 1,690,000
26. Half Dollar 1839 No Drapery <1,900,000
27. Quarter Seated-Arrows 1873-1874 2,300,000
28. Dollar Seated-No Motto 1840-1865 2,800,000
29. Half Cent 1800-1808 Draped Bust 3,400,000
30. Dollar Seated Motto 1866-1873 3,500,000
31. Half Dollar 1836-1837 Capped Bust II 3,600,000
32. Half Cent 1809-1835 Classic Head 3,900,000
33. Quarter Small Bust 1831-1838 4,200,000    VF 30 $230
34. 1854-1858 Three Cents Silver II 4,500,000 EF 40 $140
35. Dime 1808-1828 Cap Bust Lg 4,700,000
36. Large Cent 1808-1814 Classic Head 4,750,000
37. Half Dollar 1853 Arrows & Rays 4,850,000
38. Half Dollar 1873-1874 Arrows (Motto)5,000,000
39. Half Dollar 1838-1839 Capped Bust III 5,000,000
40. Dime 1828-1837 Cap Bust Sm 5,200,000
41. Nickel 1883 V Nickel-NC 5,500,000                        EF 45 $13 <=== Compare to first year of issue 1866 Rays nickel
42. Dime 1873-1874 Seated-Legend Arrows 6,000,000 EF 40 $55
43. Dime 1838 Seated-No Drape 6,900,900                       EF40 $130
44. Half Dime 1838-1840 Seated-No Drapery 7,000,000 EF 40 $85
45. Quarter Seated-No Motto 1842-1865 11,200,000
46. Quarter Stand Lib-I 1916-1917 12,000,000
47. Half Dollar 1854-1855 Arrows 12,800,000
48. Half Dime 1829-1837 Cap Bust 13,000,000
49. Half Dime 1860-1873 Seated legend 15,000,000
50. Large Cent 1796-1807 Draped Bust 16,100,000
51. Quarter Seated-Rays & Arrows 1853 16,500,000
52. Nickel 1866-1867 Shield Rays 16,700,000   VF 30 $85    <========
53. Dime 1838-1860 Seated-Stars 17,000,000
54. Quarter Seated-Arrows 1854-1855 17,000,000
55. Dime 1853-1855 Seated-Arrows 21,000,000
56. Half Dime 1853-1855 Seated-Arrows 25,000,000
57. Three Cents Nickel 1865-1889 31,000,000   EF 40 $45
58. Half Dime 1841-1860 Seated-Stars 35,000,000
59. Dollar Trade Dollar 1873-1878 35,000,000
60. 1851-1853 Three Cents Silver I 36,000,000 EF 40 $70
61. Small Cent 1859 Indian Head I 36,000,000
62. Nickel 1913 Buffalo - I 38,000,000
63. Small Cent 1856 - 1858 Flying Eagle 42,000,000
64. Two Cents 1864-1872 43,000,000
65. Large Cent 1816-1839 Matron Head 47,800,000
66. Half Dollar 1866-1891 Motto 50,000,000
67. Half Dollar 1807-1836 Capped Bust I 67,000,000
68. Large Cent 1840-185 Braided Hair 86,000,000
69. Quarter Seated Motto 1860-1891 90,000,000
70. Half Dollar 1839-1866 Drapery No motto 96,000,000
71. Nickel 1867-1883 Shield No Rays 107,000,000
72. Half Dollar 1892-1915 Barber 110,000,000
73. Small Cent 1860-1864 Indian Head II 120,000,000
74. Dime 1861-1891 Seated-Legend 149,000,000
75. Dollar Peace 1921-1935 175,000,000
76. Quarter Stand Lib-II 1917-1999 210,000,000
77. Quarter Barber 1892-1916 260,000,000
78. Dollar 360,000,000 Eisenhower 1971-1974
79. Dollar 1964 Kennedy 425,000,000
80. Half Dollar 1916-1947 Walking Liberty 450,000,000
81. Dollar 1948-1963 Franklin 450,000,000
82. Dime 1892-1916 Barber 475,000,000
83. Dollar Morgan 1978-1921 600,000,000
84. Nickel 1883-1912 VNickel-WC 680,000,000
85. Nickel 1942-1945 Jefferson-War 860,000,000
86. Nickel 1913-1938 Buffalo - II 1,100,000,000
87. 1916-1945 Mercury 1,400,000,000
88. Small Cent 1864-1909 Indian Head III 1,800,000,000
89. Washington 1932 - ~2,000,000,000
90. Dime 1946-Date Roosevelt > 10,000,000,000
91. Nickel 1938-Date Jefferson > 10,000,000,000
92. Small Cent 1909-1958 Lincoln I > 10,000,000,000
93. Small Cent 1959-2009 Lincoln II > 10,000,000,000

Mintage of coins by type
Half Cent
* 1793        Flowing Hair     35,000
* 1794-1797    Liberty Cap     350,000
1800-1808     Draped Bust     3,400,000
1809-1835     Classic Head   3,900,000
1840-1857    Coronet Head 544,000
Denomination:    8,000,000

Large Cent
* 1793        Chain         36,000
* 1793        Wreath    63,000
1793-1796     Liberty Cap     1,690,000
1796-1807     Draped Bust     16,100,000
1808-1814     Classic Head     4,750,000
1816-1839     Matron Head     47,800,000
1840-185        Braided Hair    86,000,000
Denomination:    115,000,000

Small Cent
1856 - 1858    Flying Eagle     42,000,000
1859         Indian Head I 36,000,000
1860-1864    Indian Head II 120,000,000
1864-1909     Indian Head III `~1.78 10 billion
1909-1958       Lincoln I > 10 billion
1959-2009      Lincoln II > 10 billion

Two Cents
1864-1872     ~43,000,000
Denomination:    43,000,000

Three Cents Nickel
1865-1889    ~31,000,000
Denomination:    31,000,000

Silver
1851-1853     Three Cents Silver I ~36,000,000
1854-1858     Three Cents Silver II    4,500,000
1859-1873     Three Cents Silver III   1,600,000
Denomination:     42,000,000

Nickel
1866-1867     Shield Rays     16,700,000
1867-1883     Shield No Rays 107,000,000
1883         V Nickel-NC     5,500,000
1883-1912     VNickel-WC     680,000,000
1913         Buffalo - I     38,000,000
1913-1938     Buffalo - II     1,100,000,000
1938-Date     Jefferson     >10 billion
1942-1945    Jefferson-War ~860,000,000

Half Dime (Silver)
* 1792 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1792_half_disme ~2500-4000
* 1794-1795     Flowing Hair        86,400
* 1796-1797     Draped Bust-SE 54,600
1800-1805     Drpd Bust-HE 120,000
1829-1837     Cap Bust     13,000,000
1837         No stars    1,475,000
1838-1840    Seated-No Drapery 7,000,000
1841-1860    Seated-Stars     35,000,000
1853-1855    Seated-Arrows 25,000,000
1860-1873    Seated legend 15,000,000
Denomination:    84,000,000

Dime
* 1796-1797     Draped Bust-SE     47,000
* 1798-1807     Drpd Bust-HE     425,000

1808-1828     Cap Bust Lg     4,700,000
1828-1837     Cap Bust Sm     5.200,000
1837                 Seated-No Stars     1,088,000
1838         Seated-No Drape     6,900,900
1838-1860     Seated-Stars     17,000,000
1853-1855     Seated-Arrows     21,000,000
1861-1891      Seated-Legend     149,000,000
1873-1874     Seated-Legend Arrows 6,000.000
1892-1916     Barber
1916-1945    Mercury
1946-Date    Roosevelt

Twenty Cents
1875-1878 1,340,000
Denomination:    1,340,000

Quarter
* Drpd Bust-SE     1796 6,000
* Drpd Bust-HE     1804-1807
Large Bust     1815-1828     1,280,000

Small Bust     1831-1838
Seated-No Drape     1838-1840
Seated-No Motto     1838-1865
Seated-Rays & Arrows     1853
Seated-Arrows     1854-1855
Seated Motto 1860-1891
Seated-Arrows     1873-1874
Barber        1892-1916
Stand Lib-I     1916-1917
Stand Lib-II     1917-1999
Washington 1932=

Half Dollar
* 1794-1795     Flowing Hair
* 1796-1797     Small eagle
1801-1807     Heraldic Eagle
1807-1836     Capped Bust I
1836-1837     Capped Bust II
1838-1839     Capped Bust III 4,000,000
1839         No Drapery < 1,900,000
1839-1866     Drapery         No motto
1853         Arrows & Rays 4,850,000
1854-1855     Arrows 12,800,000
1866-1891     Motto
1873-1874     Arrows (Motto) 5,000,000
1892-1915     Barber ~110,000,000
1916-1947     Walking Liberty ~450,000,000
1948-1963     Franklin   ~450,000,000
1964         Kennedy 425,000,000

Dollar (Silver)
* Flowing Hair 1794-1795 160,000
* Drpd Bust-SE    1795-1798    125,000 to 400,000
       1798 (327,000) not broken own by type
Drpd Bust-HE   1798-1803    ~1,000,000
Seated-No Motto 1840-1865 ~2,800,000
Seated Motto     1866-1873 ~3,500,000
Trade Dollar     1873-1878 ~35,000,000
Morgan     1978-1921 ~600,000,000
Peace         1921-1935 175,000,000
Denomination: 800,000,000
Eisenhower     1971-1974 360,000,000