Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 930909 search inquires.

Selected title: Classic Head
Explanation: A depiction of Miss Liberty that recalls the 'classic' look of a Roman or Greek athlete wearing a ribbon around the hair. The motif was first used on the John Reich designed large cent struck from 1808 until 1814. The next year, the half cent was changed to this design. This head was also copied by William Kneass for the quarter eagle and half eagle designs first struck in 1834

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54190  14.00%
Silver Clad 31325  8.09%
Coin Silver 23394  6.04%
Slabbed Coins 22231  5.74%
BN 21762  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21029  5.43%
RB 20114  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17419  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17022  4.40%
Reeded Edge 16128  4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16118  4.16%
PQ 14887  3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14742  3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14738  3.81%
Rarity 14709  3.80%
Incuse 13873  3.58%
High Relief 13623  3.52%
Coin drop 13616  3.52%
Reverse Cameo 13139  3.39%
Obverse or Face side 12897  3.33%