Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 537830 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) 33456 13.86%
Silver Clad 24857 10.29%
BN 15435 6.39%
Encapsulated Coin 14843 6.15%
RB 13548 5.61%
Slabbed Coins 13289 5.50%
Coin Silver 11364 4.71%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 11257 4.66%
Reeded Edge 10578 4.38%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 10397 4.31%
PF (PF60, PF70) 10230 4.24%
MS (MS60-MS70) 9092 3.77%
PQ 9053 3.75%
PR (PR60, PR70) 8623 3.57%
High Relief 8478 3.51%
Obverse or Face side 8054 3.34%
Incuse 7576 3.14%
Rarity 7405 3.07%
Reverse Cameo 6981 2.89%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 6893 2.85%