Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1091567 search inquires.

Selected title: Half Cent
Explanation: A U.S. coin with a face value of 1/200th of a dollar first minted in 1793 and last minted in 1857

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55792 13.33%
Silver Clad 32711 7.82%
Coin Silver 24771 5.92%
Slabbed Coins 23686 5.66%
BN 23280 5.56%
Encapsulated Coin 22220 5.31%
RB 21710 5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18695 4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18687 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17517 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17333 4.14%
Obverse or Face side 16798 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16602 3.97%
Rarity 16536 3.95%
PQ 16260 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15974 3.82%
Incuse 15283 3.65%
Coin drop 15106 3.61%
High Relief 14930 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14647 3.50%