Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 786127 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) 45024  13.44%
Silver Clad 29226  8.72%
Coin Silver 21258  6.34%
Slabbed Coins 19944  5.95%
BN 19408  5.79%
Encapsulated Coin 18805  5.61%
RB 17993  5.37%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 14850  4.43%
PF (PF60, PF70) 14720  4.39%
Reeded Edge 14125  4.22%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 13895  4.15%
PQ 12913  3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70) 12617  3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 12547  3.74%
Rarity 11957  3.57%
Incuse 11725  3.50%
High Relief 11696  3.49%
Coin drop 11126  3.32%
Obverse or Face side 10941  3.27%
Reverse Cameo 10199  3.04%