Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 831858 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) 47222 13.49%
Silver Clad 29809 8.52%
Coin Silver 21820 6.23%
Slabbed Coins 20705 5.91%
BN 20089 5.74%
Encapsulated Coin 19556 5.59%
RB 18517 5.29%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 15777 4.51%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15366 4.39%
Reeded Edge 14645 4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 14549 4.16%
PQ 13409 3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13269 3.79%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13225 3.78%
Rarity 12777 3.65%
Incuse 12251 3.50%
High Relief 12207 3.49%
Coin drop 11853 3.39%
Reverse Cameo 11529 3.29%
Obverse or Face side 11454 3.27%