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Common Date
A coin date and mintmark combination that is readily available and usually inexpensive.
Date-and-Mint Set
A collection containing each date and mintmark combination in a series.
Design Type
A distinctive engraving or hub design used on one side of a coin, separate from mintmark style.
Mint Mark Type
A distinctive mintmark punch profile—shape, size, and style—used on branch-mint dies.
Mintmark
A letter or symbol identifying the mint where a coin was struck.
Missing Mintmark
A coin that should show a mintmark but does not, either from a filled die, abrasion, or a true die without a mintmark.
No D
A descriptive term for certain 1922 Lincoln cents struck from dies that left little or no visible D mintmark.
Over Mintmark
A mintmark punched over a different mintmark.
Repunched Mintmark
A mintmark showing evidence of being punched into a die more than once.
Semi-Key Date
A coin date or mintmark that is scarcer than common issues but not the rarest in the series.
Type Coin
A coin collected as an example of a design type rather than by date and mintmark.