Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1139582 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) 56203 13.19%
Silver Clad 33084 7.76%
Coin Silver 25178 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24094 5.65%
BN 23634 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22581 5.30%
RB 22093 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19076 4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18994 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17900 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17692 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17112 4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17108 4.01%
Rarity 16995 3.99%
PQ 16627 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16301 3.82%
Incuse 15663 3.68%
Coin drop 15530 3.64%
High Relief 15275 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 15032 3.53%