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We have listed here some of the more commonly used terms and their definitions as it relates to the hobby. If you need a definition you did not see, email us at info@coastcoin.com. Your inquiries will help us expand this listing!

  • Alloy – combination of two or more metals
  • Bag mark – a mark acquired from contact with another coin while in the bag the mint used to ship
  • Billon – low grade silver, less than 50% fine
  • Bronze – a copper, zinc, and tin alloy
  • Bullion – a precious metal in bar form or a coin where the value is derived from the metal content
  • Certified Coin – a coin that has been encapsulated by a third party
  • Circulation or Business Strike – a coin struck to be used in commerce
  • Clad – used in dimes, quarters, and halves in the U.S. since 1965. The core is copper and the surface layer is copper-nickel or silver
  • Contact Marks – minor abrasions, usually bag marks
  • Crown – a dollar size coin usually European and struck in silver
  • Designer – the artist who designed the coin
  • Die – an engraving piece of metal used to strike coins
  • Die Crack – raised lines on a coin from where metal flowed into breaks in the die
  • Double Eagle – a U.S. twenty dollar gold coin
  • Double Die – a coin struck from a die that was given two impressions that were misaligned
  • Eagle – a U.S. ten dollar gold coin
  • Engraver – the person who cuts the design in to dies
  • Field – the background portion of the coin – void if design or description
  • Fineness – the expression of the quality of a coin
  • Half Eagle – a U.S. five dollar coin
  • Hub – a positive image punch used to impress a coins design into a die
  • Inscription – the lettering on a coin
  • Intrinsic Value – the ‘melt’ value of a coin
  • Junk Silver – a common silver coin, usually worn, that is worth only its intrinsic value
  • Key Coin – the scarcest coins in a series are the ‘keys’ to the series
  • Legal Tender – money that is authorized by Congress and is good for all debts – public and private
  • Luster – the brilliance or ‘frost’ of an uncirculated coin
  • Mint Mark – a letter or letters on a coin that indicates the mint at which is was made
  • Mint Set – a set issued by the U.S. Mint that contains all of the coins of a certain year that were struck for circulation
  • Mule – a coin struck from two dies that were not intended to be used together
  • Obverse – the front of a coin – ‘heads’
  • Patina – the heavy toning found on ancient bronze coins, from a long period of oxidation
  • Pattern – an experimental or trial coin
  • Planchet – the blank piece of metal from which a coin is struck
  • Proof – a coin that is double struck from polished dies in polished planchets. Made for collectors
  • Quarter Eagle – a U.S. $2.50 gold coin
  • Raw – a coin graded by the seller, not by a third party
  • Reverse – the back side of a coin – ‘tails’
  • Spot Price – the market value of a precious metal
  • Token – a private issue
  • Type – a series of coins defined by a design


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1. 1878-7tf Morgan Dollars Select Bu Reverse 78 - #:100134 - $65.00
2. 1898-o Morgan Dollars Choice Bu Deep Mirror Proof- - #:102998 - $89.00
3. 1921-d Morgan Dollars Choice Bu - #:110730 - $49.00
4. 1896 Barber Quarters Choice Au - #:121638 - $169.00
5. 1890-o Morgan Dollars Choice Bu - #:89397 - $85.00
6. (undated) Colonial Coinage Very Fine Washington - #:126496 - $650.00
7. 1794 Large Cents Good - #:126497 - $1,995.00
8. 1842-o Seated Liberty Half Dollars Fine+ Small Date / Sm - #:126499 - $1,595.00
9. 1892-s Morgan Dollars Choice Au - #:64970 - $3,995.00
10. 1922 Early Gold Commemoratives Select Bu Grant $1 - #:80699 - $1,595.00
11. 1893 Early Silver Commemoratives Almost Uncirculated Isabella Qtr - #:82988 - $495.00
12. 1942/1-d Mercury Dimes Fine - #:109631 - $595.00
13. 1854 One Dollar Gold Coins Almost Uncirculated Type-1 - #:111901 - $249.00
14. 1895-o Morgan Dollars Extra Fine - #:103321 - $550.00
15. 1895-o Morgan Dollars Almost Uncirculated - #:105580 - $1,295.00
16. 1935-d Walking Liberty Half Dollars Choice Au - #:106261 - $109.00
17. 1884-cc Morgan Dollars Choice Bu - #:106459 - $199.00
18. 1932-d Washington Quarters Almost Uncirculated - #:104255 - $450.00
19. 1934-s Peace Dollars Almost Uncirculated - #:103108 - $450.00
20. 1936 Walking Liberty Half Dollars Choice Bu - #:103285 - $49.00
21. 1938 Walking Liberty Half Dollars Select Bu - #:104090 - $95.00
22. 1940-d Washington Quarters Choice Bu - #:89295 - $169.00
23. 1945-D Walking Liberty Half Dollars - #:124701 - $225.00
24. 1919-S Buffalo Nickels - #:125677 - $250.00
25. 1898 Barber Quarters - #:126489 - $1,395.00
26. 1912 Five Dollar Gold Coins INDIAN - #:126491 - $2,295.00
27. 1944-D Walking Liberty Half Dollars - #:126492 - $179.00
28. 1943 Walking Liberty Half Dollars - #:126493 - $57.50
29. 1925 Early Silver Commemoratives LEXINGTON - #:126494 - $299.00
30. 1927-D Standing Liberty Quarters - #:126495 - $599.00
31. 1932-s Washington Quarters Almost Uncirculated - #:90288 - $250.00
32. 1937 Washington Quarters Choice Bu - #:90421 - $35.00
33. 1917 Walking Liberty Half Dollars Choice Au - #:90672 - $99.00
34. 1928 Peace Dollars Extra Fine - #:91889 - $409.00
35. 1939-d Washington Quarters Choice Bu - #:91941 - $47.50
36. 1909-S VDB Lincoln Cents - #:118201 - $3,495.00
37. 1944 Walking Liberty Half Dollars - #:123397 - $169.00
38. 1885-S Morgan Dollars - #:124190 - $675.00
39. 1892-O Morgan Dollars - #:124502 - $259.00
40. 1938-d Walking Liberty Half Dollars Extra Fine+ - #:114746 - $225.00
41. 1900-s Morgan Dollars Select Bu - #:100256 - $275.00
42. 1878-7tf Morgan Dollars Select Bu Reverse '79 - #:100135 - $69.00
43. 1934-d Buffalo Nickels Select Bu - #:100601 - $109.00
44. 1946-s Walking Liberty Half Dollars Gem Bu - #:100685 - $65.00
45. 1927 Peace Dollars Choice Bu - #:102835 - $129.00
46. 1913 Lincoln Cents Choice Bu - #:103217 - $79.00
47. 1937-s Washington Quarters Choice Bu - #:103441 - $250.00
48. 1897 Indian Head Cents Choice Bu - #:103507 - $59.00
49. 1934-d Washington Quarters Choice Au - #:104238 - $125.00
50. 1936-d Washington Quarters Almost Uncirculated - #:104355 - $259.00
51. 1905 Liberty Nickels Select Bu - #:106581 - $85.00
52. 1859-o Seated Liberty Dollar Very Fine - #:112005 - $425.00
53. 1923 Lincoln Cents Choice Bu - #:107972 - $39.00
54. 1872 Two Cent Pieces Very Good - #:109224 - $595.00
55. 1936 Washington Quarters Choice Bu - #:109386 - $25.00
56. 1938-s Washington Quarters Choice Au - #:122095 - $69.00
57. 1938 Washington Quarters Choice Bu - #:91459 - $109.00
58. 1932-d Washington Quarters Choice Au - #:91513 - $650.00
59. 1935-d Washington Quarters Select Bu - #:90599 - $225.00
60. 1919 Buffalo Nickels Select Bu - #:90254 - $69.00
61. 1872 Seated Liberty Dollar Very Fine - #:89380 - $425.00
62. 1936-s Washington Quarters Choice Bu - #:86909 - $149.00
63. 1935-s Washington Quarters Select Bu - #:62315 - $79.00
64. 1883-CC Morgan Dollars - #:126480 - $199.00
65. 1921 Early Silver Commemoratives Very Fine Alabama - #:126481 - $95.00
66. 1939 Walking Liberty Half Dollars Select Bu - #:104092 - $39.00
67. 1947 Walking Liberty Half Dollars Select Bu - #:100690 - $45.00
68. 1939-d Walking Liberty Half Dollars Select Bu - #:104091 - $59.00
69. 1944-d Walking Liberty Half Dollars Select Bu - #:100657 - $39.00
70. 1928-s Peace Dollars Select Bu - #:100319 - $149.00
 
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