Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 957524 search inquires.

Selected 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

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54548  13.87%
Silver Clad 31603  8.04%
Coin Silver 23688  6.02%
Slabbed Coins 22543  5.73%
BN 22088  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21282  5.41%
RB 20471  5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17687  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17329  4.41%
Reeded Edge 16434  4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16384  4.17%
PQ 15212  3.87%
Rarity 15096  3.84%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15045  3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14997  3.81%
Incuse 14209  3.61%
Coin drop 13945  3.55%
High Relief 13899  3.53%
Reverse Cameo 13472  3.43%
Obverse or Face side 13188  3.35%