Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1065327 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

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55537	13.51%
Silver Clad	32447	7.89%
Coin Silver	24553	5.97%
Slabbed Coins	23444	5.70%
BN	23020	5.60%
Encapsulated Coin	22019	5.36%
RB	21484	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18492	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18300	4.45%
Reeded Edge	17298	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17129	4.17%
Rarity	16241	3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16225	3.95%
PQ	16040	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15771	3.84%
Incuse	15065	3.66%
Coin drop	14866	3.62%
High Relief	14719	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14386	3.50%
Obverse or Face side	14129	3.44%