Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1001982 search inquires.

Random title: Silver Clad
Explanation: A clad coin with one layer containing silver, such as U.S. halves struck from 1965 to 1970

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54957  13.70%
Silver Clad 31956  7.97%
Coin Silver 24031  5.99%
Slabbed Coins 22941  5.72%
BN 22513  5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21587  5.38%
RB 20927  5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18034  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17742  4.42%
Reeded Edge 16788  4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16702  4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15733  3.92%
Rarity 15573  3.88%
PQ 15564  3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15322  3.82%
Incuse 14613  3.64%
Coin drop 14324  3.57%
High Relief 14252  3.55%
Reverse Cameo 13893  3.46%
Obverse or Face side 13571  3.38%