Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 954541 search inquires.

Selected title: Decimal

Explanation: Monetary system whereby there are ten minor deminations to a major denomination. Also applied incorrectly to systems which have a hundred minor units per major unit. For example there are 100 cents in an American dollar

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54506	13.88%
Silver Clad	31577	8.04%
Coin Silver	23655	6.03%
Slabbed Coins	22514	5.73%
BN	22058	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21265	5.42%
RB	20431	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17660	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17291	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16402	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16358	4.17%
PQ	15182	3.87%
Rarity	15051	3.83%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15007	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14971	3.81%
Incuse	14171	3.61%
Coin drop	13919	3.55%
High Relief	13874	3.53%
Reverse Cameo	13445	3.42%
Obverse or Face side	13154	3.35%