Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 382557 search inquires.

Random term: VAM
Explanation: A system for describing Morgan Dollar die varieties and combinations of obverse and reverse dies. 'VAM' comes from the names of Leroy Van Allen and A. George Mallis -- the guys that developed the system

Most popular coin terms

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 25554 14.08%
Silver Clad 20298 11.19%
BN 12543 6.91%
Encapsulated Coin 11488 6.33%
RB 10192 5.62%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 8879 4.89%
Slabbed Coins 8272 4.56%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 8236 4.54%
Coin Silver 8093 4.46%
Reeded Edge 7902 4.35%
PF (PF60, PF70) 7297 4.02%
PQ 6693 3.69%
PR (PR60, PR70) 6516 3.59%
Obverse or Face side 6365 3.51%
MS (MS60-MS70) 6265 3.45%
High Relief 6262 3.45%
Reverse Cameo 5360 2.95%
Rarity 5207 2.87%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 5090 2.81%
Clad Coinage 4896 2.70%