Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 638059 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) 37468 13.34%
Silver Clad 26804 9.55%
Coin Silver 18978 6.76%
BN 16847 6.00%
Encapsulated Coin 16254 5.79%
Slabbed Coins 15867 5.65%
RB 15421 5.49%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 12572 4.48%
PF (PF60, PF70) 12195 4.34%
Reeded Edge 11989 4.27%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 11694 4.16%
PQ 10475 3.73%
MS (MS60-MS70) 10381 3.70%
PR (PR60, PR70) 10268 3.66%
High Relief 9657 3.44%
Incuse 9577 3.41%
Coin drop 8908 3.17%
Obverse or Face side 8882 3.16%
Rarity 8583 3.06%
Reverse Cameo 7935 2.83%