Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1127697 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)

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 56099 13.22%
Silver Clad 32988 7.78%
Coin Silver 25073 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 23995 5.66%
BN 23543 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22490 5.30%
RB 21998 5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18974 4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18927 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17808 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17611 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17030 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16989 4.00%
Rarity 16862 3.97%
PQ 16532 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16230 3.83%
Incuse 15565 3.67%
Coin drop 15414 3.63%
High Relief 15183 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14932 3.52%