Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 43187 search inquires.

Random term: Electrotype

Explanation: A counterfeit coin made by the electroplating process

Most popular coin terms

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Silver Clad 2479 10.38%
Obverse or Face side 2383 9.97%
BN 1698 7.11%
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 1528 6.40%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 1397 5.85%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 1257 5.26%
PR (PR60, PR70) 1254 5.25%
Reeded Edge 1132 4.74%
Encapsulated Coin 1072 4.49%
Reverse Cameo 996 4.17%
Coin Silver 996 4.17%
PF (PF60, PF70) 965 4.04%
Clad Coinage 952 3.98%
Deep Mirror Prooflike (DPML) 919 3.85%
RB 917 3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 895 3.75%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 860 3.60%
Hard Times Tokens 744 3.11%
Buffing (whizzed) 736 3.08%
Flyspecks 700 2.93%