Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 59404 search inquires.

Random term: Choice

Explanation: An adjective used to describe an especially selected speciment of a given grade. Thus, Choice EF-45 represents an especially selected Extremely Fine coin (normal or typical Extremely Fine being EF-40)

Most popular coin terms

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Silver Clad 3247 9.93%
Obverse or Face side 2721 8.33%
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 2408 7.37%
BN 2368 7.25%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 1881 5.76%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 1698 5.20%
PR (PR60, PR70) 1613 4.94%
Reeded Edge 1532 4.69%
Flyspecks 1495 4.57%
Reverse Cameo 1471 4.50%
Encapsulated Coin 1463 4.48%
Coin Silver 1388 4.25%
Clad Coinage 1275 3.90%
PF (PF60, PF70) 1273 3.89%
RB 1264 3.87%
Deep Mirror Prooflike (DPML) 1203 3.68%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 1189 3.64%
MS (MS60-MS70) 1182 3.62%
Hard Times Tokens 1014 3.10%
Buffing (whizzed) 991 3.03%