Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1025448 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) 55160 13.63%
Silver Clad 32126 7.94%
Coin Silver 24207 5.98%
Slabbed Coins 23132 5.72%
BN 22707 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21742 5.37%
RB 21152 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18186 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17917 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16962 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16846 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15898 3.93%
Rarity 15825 3.91%
PQ 15730 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15483 3.83%
Incuse 14789 3.65%
Coin drop 14509 3.59%
High Relief 14411 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 14077 3.48%
Obverse or Face side 13814 3.41%