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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dougmeister, post: 2118470, member: 56842&quot;]What Frank said. ;-)</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Officially&quot;, I believe it is defined as follows by the U.S. Mint:</p><p><u><br /></u></p><p><u>U.S. Mint definition</u></p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><i>type set:</i></p><p><i>a collection of coins based on denomination.&nbsp; For example, a nickel type set would contain one of each of the four types of nickels that the United States Mint has produced.</i></p><p><i><font size="1"><a href="http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/collectors_corner/?action=glossary" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/collectors_corner/?action=glossary" rel="nofollow">http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/collectors_corner/?action=glossary</a></font></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p></blockquote><p><u>Coin Week</u></p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><i>&quot;A “type set” is a collection of the various design types of each denomination.&quot;</i></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>yet they go on to say:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><i>&quot;There are almost unlimited ways in which to build design type collections...&quot;</i></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>So &quot;unofficially&quot;, I believe it to be <b>any set of coins that you want to set apart as a special subset of your overall collection</b> (see PCGS examples below). </p><p><br /></p><p>(I guess it could be notes as well?) </p><p><br /></p><p>And the best part is... you can change your mind and make it broader or more narrow tomorrow depending on your mood, your wallet, or both.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Misc other references</u></p><p><br /></p><p><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_set" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_set" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia&#039;s definition</a></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/default.aspx?c=9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/default.aspx?c=9" rel="nofollow">Example Type Sets at PCGS</a></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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