Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 961923 search inquires.

Random title: Colonial

Explanation: A coin issued by any colony; frequently refers to those produced by European colonies in the Americas in the 17th and 18th centuries. Most were made of copper and in small denominations

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54609	13.85%
Silver Clad	31650	8.03%
Coin Silver	23729	6.02%
Slabbed Coins	22592	5.73%
BN	22129	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21319	5.41%
RB	20515	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17751	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17379	4.41%
Reeded Edge	16477	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16425	4.17%
PQ	15263	3.87%
Rarity	15166	3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15104	3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15048	3.82%
Incuse	14257	3.62%
Coin drop	14007	3.55%
High Relief	13946	3.54%
Reverse Cameo	13527	3.43%
Obverse or Face side	13247	3.36%