Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 632257 search inquires.

Selected term: Silver Clad
Explanation: A clad coin with one layer containing silver, such as U.S. halves struck from 1965 to 1970

Most popular coin terms

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 37233 13.39%
Silver Clad 26659 9.59%
Coin Silver 18844 6.78%
BN 16709 6.01%
Encapsulated Coin 16127 5.80%
Slabbed Coins 15730 5.66%
RB 15293 5.50%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 12444 4.48%
PF (PF60, PF70) 12061 4.34%
Reeded Edge 11873 4.27%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 11565 4.16%
PQ 10346 3.72%
MS (MS60-MS70) 10233 3.68%
PR (PR60, PR70) 10137 3.65%
High Relief 9531 3.43%
Incuse 9443 3.40%
Coin drop 8787 3.16%
Obverse or Face side 8759 3.15%
Rarity 8368 3.01%
Reverse Cameo 7792 2.80%