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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 441309, member: 15062&quot;]I accept Condor101&#039;s addition to the answer for #2 and correction for the answer to #6.</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t forsee that there would be some problem in interpretation of the term &quot;series&quot; in question #10, and now that I think about it, maybe I don&#039;t even know what I meant.</p><p><br /></p><p>My initial thought was that a series would be defined by the combination of a specific obverse and reverse design.&nbsp; Thus, you could look at a coin 5 feet away and determine exactly what &quot;series&quot; it was.&nbsp; A &quot;flying Eagle&quot; cent would be similar in composition and size to the first Lincoln cents, but could be instantly recognized as being different.&nbsp; Any change in the elements of the design would be a different series.</p><p><br /></p><p>This might leave open the designation of the 1976 quarters, halves and dollars, since they each have a different and distinct reverse design.&nbsp; In my mind I considered those to be excluded as commeratives, since they commerate&nbsp; a specific event.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Then there are the various 19th century silver coins with or without rays, arrows, mottos, etc.&nbsp; Should these be considered different series?</p><p><br /></p><p>If we are to accept any difference in the design to be definitive, then I think we&#039;re talking about types rather than series.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, if we determine the definition of series to equate to denomination there are again problems.&nbsp;&nbsp; The large one cent coins are certainly different from the small one cent coins.&nbsp; The three cent silver coins came in three varieties; does that mean there are three series?&nbsp; Is the 1943 steel cent a different series different from the 1909 through 1958 cents?</p><p><br /></p><p>In the end, I accept that there is no real definitive answer to what exactly denotes a &quot;series&quot; and will accept any answer to #10 as correct - but I still think my answer is more right.&nbsp; To me, a series is a general design.&nbsp; Any <u>major</u> design change denotes a new series (except that the 1976s are still commeratives.)</p><p><br /></p><p>:rolling: Comments? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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