Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 976105 search inquires.

Selected title: Walking Liberty
Explanation: A half dollar with the Walking Liberty design, made between 1916 and 1947. Thought by some to be one of the US most beautiful coin designs. The current 'American Silver Eagles' have the same design on their obverse (front)

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54755 13.79%
Silver Clad 31763 8.00%
Coin Silver 23850 6.01%
Slabbed Coins 22743 5.73%
BN 22290 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21430 5.40%
RB 20675 5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17859 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17521 4.41%
Reeded Edge 16599 4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16544 4.17%
PQ 15395 3.88%
Rarity 15335 3.86%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15244 3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15175 3.82%
Incuse 14416 3.63%
Coin drop 14133 3.56%
High Relief 14073 3.55%
Reverse Cameo 13672 3.44%
Obverse or Face side 13385 3.37%