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Coin Terminology and Glossary
The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1044 search inquires.
Selected term: BN
Explanation: Brown: Color grade for uncirculated copper coins
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Most popular coin terms
| Definition | Searches | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| PR (PR60, PR70) | 109 |  20.34% |
| Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) | 55 | 10.26% |
| Ultra Cameo (UCAM) | 41 | 7.65% |
| Buffing (whizzed) | 37 | 6.9% |
| PF (PF60, PF70) | 32 | 5.97% |
| Obverse or Face side | 27 | 5.04% |
| Silver Clad | 23 | 4.29% |
| Reverse Cameo | 21 | 3.92% |
| Deep Mirror Prooflike (DPML) | 20 | 3.73% |
| MS (MS60-MS70) | 19 | 3.54% |
| BN | 18 | 3.36% |
| Reeded Edge | 17 | 3.17% |
| Encapsulated Coin | 16 | 2.99% |
| Hard Times Tokens | 16 | 2.99% |
| RB | 16 | 2.99% |
| Face or Obverse side | 15 | 2.8% |
| Clad Coinage | 14 | 2.61% |
| Coin Silver | 14 | 2.61% |
| Plain Edge | 14 | 2.61% |
| RD | 12 | 2.24% |
