Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 877019 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) 53161  14.44%
Silver Clad 30470  8.28%
Coin Silver 22455  6.10%
Slabbed Coins 21314  5.79%
BN 20701  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20176  5.48%
RB 19118  5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16530  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16025  4.35%
Reeded Edge 15255  4.14%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15198  4.13%
PQ 14004  3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13888  3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13851  3.76%
Rarity 13550  3.68%
Incuse 12880  3.50%
High Relief 12758  3.46%
Coin drop 12691  3.45%
Reverse Cameo 12147  3.30%
Obverse or Face side 12039  3.27%