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Coin Type - What is the Type of a Coin?

By Susan Headley, About.com

Definition: The type is the general series of which the coin is a part. For example, for U.S. Quarter Dollars, the standing Liberty Quarter is a type. In ancient coins, the term type describes the general devices present, such as describing coins with the legend IOVI CONSERVATORI with a male figure standing on the reverse, as a "Jupiter type."
Examples: The coin was extremely worn, but I could make out that the type was the Flying Eagle Cent.

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