Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 888352 search inquires.

Selected 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) 53434  14.32%
Silver Clad 30687  8.23%
Coin Silver 22714  6.09%
Slabbed Coins 21556  5.78%
BN 20962  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20393  5.47%
RB 19366  5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16741  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16305  4.37%
Reeded Edge 15489  4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15435  4.14%
PQ 14237  3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14096  3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14064  3.77%
Rarity 13829  3.71%
Incuse 13141  3.52%
High Relief 12973  3.48%
Coin drop 12957  3.47%
Reverse Cameo 12395  3.32%
Obverse or Face side 12263  3.29%