Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 871879 search inquires.

Selected title: Silver Clad
Explanation: A clad coin with one layer containing silver, such as U.S. halves struck from 1965 to 1970

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 53049  14.48%
Silver Clad 30376  8.29%
Coin Silver 22367  6.11%
Slabbed Coins 21228  5.79%
BN 20603  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20093  5.48%
RB 19033  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16445  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15906  4.34%
Reeded Edge 15169  4.14%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15120  4.13%
PQ 13926  3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13807  3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13761  3.76%
Rarity 13418  3.66%
Incuse 12783  3.49%
High Relief 12677  3.46%
Coin drop 12587  3.44%
Reverse Cameo 12044  3.29%
Obverse or Face side 11935  3.26%