Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1052074 search inquires.

Selected title: Classic Head
Explanation: A depiction of Miss Liberty that recalls the 'classic' look of a Roman or Greek athlete wearing a ribbon around the hair. The motif was first used on the John Reich designed large cent struck from 1808 until 1814. The next year, the half cent was changed to this design. This head was also copied by William Kneass for the quarter eagle and half eagle designs first struck in 1834

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55421  13.55%
Silver Clad 32336  7.91%
Coin Silver 24429  5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23341  5.71%
BN 22917  5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 21919  5.36%
RB 21365  5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18391  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18105  4.43%
Reeded Edge 17178  4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17015  4.16%
Rarity 16132  3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16101  3.94%
PQ 15926  3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15672  3.83%
Incuse 14972  3.66%
Coin drop 14737  3.60%
High Relief 14600  3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14277  3.49%
Obverse or Face side 14024  3.43%