Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 887188 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) 53406  14.33%
Silver Clad 30672  8.23%
Coin Silver 22685  6.09%
Slabbed Coins 21537  5.78%
BN 20946  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20376  5.47%
RB 19335  5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16718  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16270  4.37%
Reeded Edge 15477  4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15414  4.14%
PQ 14216  3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14082  3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14047  3.77%
Rarity 13809  3.71%
Incuse 13116  3.52%
High Relief 12956  3.48%
Coin drop 12939  3.47%
Reverse Cameo 12384  3.32%
Obverse or Face side 12248  3.29%