Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1031008 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) 55196 13.61%
Silver Clad 32154 7.93%
Coin Silver 24243 5.98%
Slabbed Coins 23168 5.71%
BN 22740 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21771 5.37%
RB 21197 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18216 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17944 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16998 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16870 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15925 3.93%
Rarity 15877 3.92%
PQ 15767 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15511 3.83%
Incuse 14822 3.66%
Coin drop 14539 3.59%
High Relief 14438 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 14126 3.48%
Obverse or Face side 13848 3.42%