Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 17994 search inquires.

Most popular coin terms

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Silver Clad 1162 12.32%
PR (PR60, PR70) 701 7.43%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 673 7.14%
BN 608 6.45%
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 589 6.25%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 537 5.70%
Encapsulated Coin 450 4.77%
Reeded Edge 431 4.57%
PF (PF60, PF70) 431 4.57%
Deep Mirror Prooflike (DPML) 425 4.51%
RB 405 4.30%
MS (MS60-MS70) 402 4.26%
Obverse or Face side 370 3.92%
Reverse Cameo 365 3.87%
Coin Silver 339 3.60%
Clad Coinage 329 3.49%
Buffing (whizzed) 319 3.38%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 310 3.29%
RD 299 3.17%
Hard Times Tokens 274 2.91%
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