Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1122372 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) 56055 13.24%
Silver Clad 32949 7.78%
Coin Silver 25016 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 23945 5.66%
BN 23500 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22453 5.30%
RB 21953 5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18925 4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18889 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17765 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17572 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 16998 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16928 4.00%
Rarity 16815 3.97%
PQ 16495 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16175 3.82%
Incuse 15519 3.67%
Coin drop 15360 3.63%
High Relief 15144 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14880 3.51%