Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 920620 search inquires.

Selected title: Half Cent
Explanation: A U.S. coin with a face value of 1/200th of a dollar first minted in 1793 and last minted in 1857

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54054 14.06%
Silver Clad 31201 8.12%
Coin Silver 23274 6.05%
Slabbed Coins 22111 5.75%
BN 21614 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20928 5.44%
RB 19983 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17290 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16887 4.39%
Reeded Edge 16009 4.16%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15990 4.16%
PQ 14775 3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14644 3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14619 3.80%
Rarity 14560 3.79%
Incuse 13737 3.57%
High Relief 13500 3.51%
Coin drop 13490 3.51%
Reverse Cameo 12991 3.38%
Obverse or Face side 12782 3.32%