Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1104133 search inquires.

Selected title: Half Eagle

Explanation: A U.S. gold coin with a face value of $5 first minted in 1795 and last minted in 1929

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55899	13.30%
Silver Clad	32810	7.80%
Coin Silver	24861	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23778	5.66%
BN	23363	5.56%
Encapsulated Coin	22305	5.31%
RB	21811	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18795	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18772	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17618	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17419	4.14%
Obverse or Face side	16877	4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16737	3.98%
Rarity	16648	3.96%
PQ	16357	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16052	3.82%
Incuse	15382	3.66%
Coin drop	15199	3.61%
High Relief	15008	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14744	3.51%