Coin Collecting Glossary

The who's who and what's what of coin collecting.

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Year Set

A collection of coins for any given year containing at least one coin of each type or denomination for that year. 1857 is an unprecedented year to put together a U.S. year set. It would include the half cent, large cent, flying eagle cent, silver three cent (trime), half dime, dime, quarter dollar, half dollar, silver dollar, gold dollar, quarter eagle, three dollar gold, half eagle, eagle, and double eagle.