Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 551796 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

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DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 34085 13.82%
Silver Clad 25189 10.22%
BN 15639 6.34%
Encapsulated Coin 15051 6.10%
RB 13903 5.64%
Slabbed Coins 13684 5.55%
Coin Silver 11626 4.71%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 11448 4.64%
Reeded Edge 10789 4.38%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 10572 4.29%
PF (PF60, PF70) 10540 4.27%
MS (MS60-MS70) 9307 3.77%
PQ 9284 3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 8849 3.59%
High Relief 8712 3.53%
Obverse or Face side 8166 3.31%
Incuse 7903 3.21%
Rarity 7570 3.07%
Reverse Cameo 7093 2.88%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 7037 2.85%