Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1065287 search inquires.

Selected title: Walking Liberty
Explanation: A half dollar with the Walking Liberty design, made between 1916 and 1947. Thought by some to be one of the US most beautiful coin designs. The current 'American Silver Eagles' have the same design on their obverse (front)

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DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55536 13.51%
Silver Clad 32445 7.89%
Coin Silver 24551 5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23439 5.70%
BN 23020 5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 22015 5.35%
RB 21481 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18492 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18298 4.45%
Reeded Edge 17297 4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17127 4.17%
Rarity 16239 3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16224 3.95%
PQ 16039 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15769 3.84%
Incuse 15064 3.66%
Coin drop 14863 3.61%
High Relief 14715 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14384 3.50%
Obverse or Face side 14129 3.44%