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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 803068, member: 112"]These rules are purely used in the general sense, and by no means does everybody agree or follow them. It all depends on who you ask and what they collect as to what the answers are. But here ya go - Ancient - anything minted before the end of the Roman Empire - say roughly 500 AD Medieval - 500 AD to roughly 1700 AD Modern - 1700 AD to date Now all of those categories are also broken into sub categories of course. And like I said not everybody agrees on those dates. Some will say that the ancient period ended with Charlemagne around 800 AD. Or that the Medieval period ended with the introduction of milled coinage by the French in 1643. And if you are talking about US coinage only, you have the early period from 1792 to 1836. In 1836 we began using steam powered presses to mint our coins and this is the middle period until around - some say 1900, others 1909, others still 1916. Then you have the modern period from then until the present. But most will say the modern period began with the introduction of clad coinage in 1965. Most adhere to this idea regarding the modern period. So like I said, it depends on who you ask.[/QUOTE]